In vitro evaluation of combination of Trichoderma harzianum and chitosan for the control of sapstain fungi

Biological Control

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 262-266

  Chittenden, Colleen ^a   Singh, Tripti ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Albino Trichoderma harzianum; Biocontrol; Chitosan oligomer; Leptographium procerum; Sphaeropsis sapinea; Wood inhabiting fungi

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HYPOCREA LIXII; LEPTOGRAPHIUM PROCERUM; SPHAEROPSIS SAPINEA;

EID: 67649506220     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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