Mutations affecting chemotaxis of agrobacterium vitis strain E26 also alter attachment to grapevine roots and biocontrol of crown gall disease

Plant Pathology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 594-605

  Yang, Y L ^a   Li, J Y ^a,b   Wang, J H ^a   Wang, H M ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium vitis; Biological control; Grapevine crown gall; Methyl accepting chemotaxis protein; Vitis vinifera

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CHEMOTAXIS; CULTIVATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FRUIT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN; ROOT SYSTEM; VINE; VITICULTURE; WOUNDING;

AGROBACTERIUM VITIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM; VITACEAE; VITIS; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 65649123809     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2008.02020.x     Document Type: Article

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