Control of fire blight by Pseudomonas fluorescens A506 and Pantoea vagans C9-1 applied as single strains and mixed inocula

Phytopathology

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1330-1339

  Stockwell, V O ^a   Johnson, K B ^a   Sugar, D ^b   Loper, J E ^a,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HORTICULTURAL CROPS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biolog Phenotype Microarray; Erwinia herbicola; Malus; Pantoea agglomerans; Pome fruit; Pyrus; Stigma

Indexed keywords

APPLE; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PANTOEA; PATHOGENICITY; PEAR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TREE;

MALUS; PANTOEA; PLANT DISEASES; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYRUS; TREES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PANTOEA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYRUS;

EID: 78649987279     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-03-10-0097     Document Type: Article

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