Biocontrol agents promote growth of potato pathogens, depending on environmental conditions

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 330-354

  Cray, Jonathan A ^a   Connor, Mairéad C ^a   Stevenson, Andrew ^a   Houghton, Jonathan D R ^a   Rangel, Drauzio E N ^b   Cooke, Louise R ^c   Hallsworth, John E ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; UREA; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM COERULEUM; FUSARIUM SAMBUCINUM; GROWTH RATE; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; POTATO; WATER STRESS; ANTIBIOSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PROCEDURES;

ANTIBIOSIS; BACILLUS; FUSARIUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; PLANT DISEASES; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84959174197     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12349     Document Type: Article

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