Inhibition of phytopathogens by fungal root endophytes of Norway spruce

Biological Control

Volumn 99, Issue , 2016, Pages 53-63

  Terhonen, Eeva ^a   Sipari, Nina ^a   Asiegbu, Fred O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antifungal agent; Biocontrol; Heterobasidion parviporum; Metabolites; Norway spruce; Root endophyte; Root pathogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964412177     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2016.04.006     Document Type: Article

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