Effect of temperature and water activity on spore germination and mycelial growth of three fungal biocontrol agents against water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 521-528

  Dagno, K ^a,b   Lahlali, R ^c   Diourte M ^b   Jijakli, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Institut d Economie Rurale IER   (Mali)

^c SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biocontrol agents; Growth rate; Percentage of viable conidia; Predictive models; Temperature; Water activity

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL; GROWTH RATE; TEMPERATURE;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; EFFECT OF WATER; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; FUNGAL BIOCONTROL AGENTS; MYCELIAL GROWTH; PERCENTAGE OF VIABLE CONIDIUM; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SPORE GERMINATION; WATER ACTIVITY; WATER HYACINTH;

FUNGI;

GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL;

AGAR; AQUATIC PLANT; BIOCONTROL AGENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; SPORE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AGAR MEDIUM; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EICHHORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALI; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS;

MALI;

ALTERNARIA; CADOPHORA MALORUM; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; FUNGI; FUSARIUM SACCHARI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 78650980424     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04908.x     Document Type: Article

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