Endophytic bacteria from tomato and their efficacy against Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici, the wilt pathogen

Journal of Biopesticides

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 178-185

  Nandhini, Subramani ^a   Sendhilvel, Vaithiyanathan ^b   Babu, Subramanian ^a  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Endophytes; Fusarium; HCN; IAA; Salicylic acid; Siderophore

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. LYCOPERSICI; KLEBSIELLA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 84871707881     PISSN: 0974391X     EISSN: 22308385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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