Verticillium dahliae alters Pseudomonas spp. populations and HCN gene expression in the rhizosphere of strawberry

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 906-915

  Decoste, Nadine J ^a   Gadkar, Vijay J ^a   Filion, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Pseudomonas; qRT PCR; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

A PLANTS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; BIOTIC FACTORS; FIELD SOIL; PLANT PATHOGEN; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP; PSEUDOMONAS SPP; Q-RT-PCR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION PCR; RHIZOSPHERE; RHIZOSPHERE SOILS; SAMPLING DATES; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CYANIDES; FRUITS; GENE ENCODING; PATHOGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION;

SOILS;

HYDROGEN CYANIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOMONITORING; DYE; FRUIT; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INOCULATION; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RHIZOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOSPHERE; RNA EXTRACTION; SOIL; STRAWBERRY; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

FRAGARIA; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; PSEUDOMONAS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOSPHERE; VERTICILLIUM;

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

EID: 78549288553     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W10-080     Document Type: Article

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