A microcin produced by a strain of erwinia herbicola is involved in biological control of fire blight and soft rot caused by Erwinia SP

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 513, Issue , 1998, Pages 39-46

  Vanneste, J L ^a   Cornish, D A ^a   Yu, J ^a   Voyle, M D ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacterial diseases; Biological control; Erwinia herbicola; Fire blight; Microcin; Soft rot

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879598315     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1998.513.3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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