Plant defense activation and management of tomato root rot by a chitin-fortified Trichoderma/Hypocrea formulation

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 471-481

  Solanki, Manoj Kumar ^a   Singh, Nidhi ^a   Singh, Rajesh Kumar ^a   Singh, Pratiksha ^a   Srivastava, Alok K ^a   Kumar, Sudheer ^a   Kashyap, Prem L ^a   Arora, Dilip K ^a  

^a ICAR NATIONAL BUREAU OF AGRICULTURALLY IMPORTANT MICROORGANISMS   (India)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Chitinase; Dual culture; Rhizoctonia solani

Indexed keywords

HYPHOMYCETES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 80053894080     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12600-011-0188-y     Document Type: Article

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