Biological control of lettuce drop and host plant colonization by rhizospheric and endophytic streptomycetes

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue MAY, 2016, Pages

  Chen, Xiaoyulong ^a   Pizzatti, Cristina ^a   Bonaldi, Maria ^a   Saracchi, Marco ^a   Erlacher, Armin ^b   Kunova, Andrea ^a   Berg, Gabriele ^b   Cortesi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Endophytes; Hazard ratio; Lettuce; Rhizosphere competence; Sclerotinia sclerotiorum; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CELL VIABILITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LETTUCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOSPHERE; RHIZOSPHERE BACTERIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; STREPTOMYCETACEAE;

EID: 84973579936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00714     Document Type: Article

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