A multi-phasic approach reveals that apple replant disease is caused by multiple biological agents, with some agents acting synergistically

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1917-1927

  Tewoldemedhin, Yared Tesfai ^a   Mazzola, Mark ^b   Labuschagne, Iwan ^c   McLeod, Adéle ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Apple replant disease; Fungi; Nematode; Oomycetes; Real time PCR; Root pathogen quantification

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCETES; APPLE REPLANT DISEASE; NEMATODE; OOMYCETES; REAL-TIME PCR; ROOT PATHOGEN QUANTIFICATION;

BACTERIA; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FRUITS; ORCHARDS; PASTEURIZATION; PATHOGENS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

SOILS;

DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE VECTOR; ETIOLOGY; FRUIT; FUNGUS; GROWTH RESPONSE; NEMATODE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; SYNERGISM;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); CYLINDROCARPON; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; MALUS X DOMESTICA; NEMATODA; NEONECTRIA MACRODIDYMA; OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA; PRATYLENCHUS DELATTREI; PRATYLENCHUS PENETRANS; PRATYLENCHUS SCRIBNERI; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM IRREGULARE; PYTHIUM SYLVATICUM; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM; PYTHIUM VEXANS; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 80051470662     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.05.014     Document Type: Article

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