Exposure to bioaerosols during the growth season of tomatoes in an organic greenhouse using Supresivit (Trichoderma harzianum) and mycostop (Streptomyces griseoviridis)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 5874-5881

  Hansen, Vinni Mona ^a,c   Winding, Anne ^b   Madsen, Anne Mette ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE DUSTS; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISMS; BIOAEROSOLS; CONFINED SPACE; CONTROL AGENT; DRIP IRRIGATION; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; FUNGAL STRAINS; GLUCANS; GROWTH SEASON; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PCR ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS; TOTAL COUNTS; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM; WORKING ENVIRONMENT;

AEROSOLS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCONTROL; DUST; FRUITS; FUNGI; GREENHOUSES; INSECT CONTROL; IRRIGATION;

BACTERIA;

BETA GLUCAN; ENDOTOXIN; FUNGAL DNA;

BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DRIP IRRIGATION; FRUIT; FUNGUS; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; PEST CONTROL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOM;

AEROSOL; AGRICULTURE; AIR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOMYCES; TOMATO; TRICHODERMA;

AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURE; AIR; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BETA-GLUCANS; DNA, FUNGAL; ENDOTOXINS; LIMULUS TEST; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOMYCES; TRICHODERMA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HYPOCREA LIXII; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES GRISEOVIRIDIS;

EID: 77956582822     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00446-10     Document Type: Article

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