Improvement of fitness and efficacy of a fire blight biocontrol agent via nutritional enhancement combined with osmoadaptation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3174-3181

  Cabrefiga, J ^a   Frances J ^a   Montesinos, E ^a   Bonaterra, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; CULTURABLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FIELD APPLICATION; FIRE BLIGHT; GROWTH MEDIUM; LATE STAGE; OSMO-ADAPTATION; OSMOLYTES; PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS; POPULATION LEVELS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; ROSACEOUS PLANTS; SALINE STRESS; TWEEN 80;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

HUMIDITY CONTROL;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CARRYING CAPACITY; COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; FRUIT; GROWTH RATE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INOCULATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION; ANTIBIOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; ROSACEAE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIAL LOAD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; ROSACEAE;

ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 79958228577     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02760-10     Document Type: Article

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