Investigating the beneficial traits of Trichoderma hamatum GD12 for sustainable agriculture-insights from genomics

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Studholme, David J ^a   Harris, Beverley ^a   Le Cocq, Kate ^a   Winsbury, Rebecca ^a   Perera, Venura ^a   Ryder, Lauren ^a   Ward, Jane L ^b   Beale, Michael H ^b   Thornton, Chris R ^a   Grant, Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Induced systemic resistance; Plant growth promotion; Secretome; Trichoderma hamatum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900823705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00258     Document Type: Article

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