Biological control of pathogen communication in the rhizosphere: A novel approach applied to potato soft rot due to Pectobacterium atrosepticum

Plant and Soil

Volumn 358, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 27-37

  Crépin, Alexandre ^a,b   Barbey, Corinne ^a   Cirou, Amélie ^b,c   Tannières, Mélanie ^c   Orange, Nicole ^a   Feuilloley, Marc ^a   Dessaux, Yves ^c   Burini, Jean François ^a   Faure, Denis ^c   Latour, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b SPPN Comité Nord Research station and potato breeding   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DU VÉGÉTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Biostimulation; Pectobacterium atrosepticum; Quorum quenching; Quorum sensing; Soft rot; Solanum tuberosum L

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CATABOLISM; DISEASE CONTROL; EMERGENCE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; POTATO; RHIZOSPHERE; SIGNALING; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PECTOBACTERIUM; PECTOBACTERIUM ATROSEPTICUM; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84865794605     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-1030-5     Document Type: Article

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