Interactions of Colletotrichum musae and Lasiodiplodia theobromae and their biocontrol by Pantoea agglomerans and Flavobacterium sp. in expression of crown rot of "Embul" banana

BioControl

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 587-596

  Gunasinghe, W K R Niroshini ^a   Karunaratne, Anjani M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Antibiotic compounds; Mode of action

Indexed keywords

ANTAGONISM; BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; CROWN ROT; FRUIT; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; PATHOGEN; VIABILITY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOTRYOSPHAERIA RHODINA; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM MUSAE; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM SP.; MUSA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS;

EID: 70349669116     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-009-9210-4     Document Type: Article

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