Three native Pseudomonas fluorescens strains tested under growth chamber and field conditions as biocontrol agents against damping-off in alfalfa

Biological Control

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-50

  Quagliotto, Leticia ^a   Azziz, Gastón ^a   Bajsa, Natalia ^a,b   Vaz, Patricia ^a   Pérez, Carlos ^b   Ducamp, Fernando ^b   Cadenazzi, Mónica ^b   Altier, Nora ^c   Arias, Alicia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN AGROPECUARIA INIA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Biological control agent; Damping off; Field trials; Growth chamber conditions; Medicago sativa; Pseudomonas fluorescens

Indexed keywords

LOTUS CORNICULATUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 69049098018     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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