A novel GFP-based approach for screening biocontrol microorganisms in vitro against Dothistroma septosporum

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-37

  McDougal, Rebecca ^a   Yang, Shuiying ^a,c   Schwelm, Arne ^a,d   Stewart, Alison ^b   Bradshaw, Rosie ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Bacillus; Dothistroma needle blight (DNB); Green fluorescent protein (GFP); Mycosphaerella pini; Trichoderma

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DOTHISTROMIN; FUNGICIDE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYGROMYCIN; MYCOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOTHISTROMA SEPTOSPORUM; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIABILITY; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TRICHODERMA;

BACILLUS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MYCOLOGY; PAENIBACILLUS; PINUS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCETALES; TRICHODERMA;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DOTHISTROMA; FUNGI; MYCOSPHAERELLA PINI; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 80052351247     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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