Bacteria for biological control of plant diseases

Environmentally Safe Approaches to Crop Disease Control

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 95-109

  Backman, Paul A ^a   Wilson, Mark ^a   Murphy, John F ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; PEST CONTROL;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; NITROGEN STATUS; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT DISEASE MANAGEMENTS; WESTERN COUNTRIES;

BACTERIA;

EID: 85053300840     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781351071826     Document Type: Chapter

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