Efficacy of chemical and fluorescent protein markers in studying plant colonization by endophytic non-pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum isolates

BioControl

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 709-722

  Paparu, Pamela ^a,b   Macleod, Adele ^c   Dubois, Thomas ^b   Coyne, Daniel ^b   Viljoen, Altus ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Banana weevil; Benomyl resistant; Chlorate resistant; DsRed; Endophytes; Fusarium oxysporum; GFP; Radopholus similis

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COLONIZATION; CROP PEST; ENDOPHYTE; FRUIT; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; INOCULATION; PROTEIN; SURVIVAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; RADOPHOLUS SIMILIS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 70350621899     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-009-9221-1     Document Type: Article

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