Construction of a Streptomyces lydicus A01 transformant with a chit42 gene from Trichoderma harzianum P1 and evaluation of its biocontrol activity against Botrytis cinerea

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 166-173

  Wu, Qiong ^a   Bai, Linquan ^a   Liu, Weicheng ^b   Li, Yingying ^a   Lu, Caige ^b   Li, Yaqian ^a   Fu, Kehe ^a   Yu, Chuanjin ^a   Chen, Jie ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Botrytis cinerea; chit42 from Trichoderma harzianum P1; chitinase activity; natamycin production; Streptomyces lydicus A01

Indexed keywords

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; HYPOCREA LIXII; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES LYDICUS; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 84876854077     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 19763794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-013-2321-8     Document Type: Article

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