Increased gum arabic production after infestation of acacia senegal with Aspergillus flavus and Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes transmitted by Agrilus nubeculosus

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 37, 2011, Pages 7166-7173

  El Atta, Hashim A ^a   Aref, Ibrahim M ^a   Khalil, Sayeda A ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Forest National Corporation   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Acacia senegal; Agrilus nubeculosus; Aspergillus flavus; Gum arabic; Inoculation elicitors; Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FERROUS ION; GUM ARABIC; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NITROGEN;

ACACIA; ACACIA SENEGAL; AGRILUS NUBECULOSUS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BACTERIAL PLANT DISEASE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; INFESTATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL ROTATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT YIELD; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES;

ACACIA SENEGAL; AGRILUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; COLEOPTERA; MONIAS; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES;

EID: 79960779980     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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