Arbuscular mycorrhizal interactions with rhizobacteria or saprotrophic fungi and its implications to biological control of plant diseases

Mycorrhizal Fungi: Soil, Agriculture and Environmental Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 187-212

  Saldajeno, M G B ^a   Hyakumachi, M ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Biocontrol; Induced systemic resistance; Multitrophic interactions; Plant growth; Rhizobacteria; Saprotrophic fungi

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EID: 84887295478     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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