Influence of soil type and pH on the colonisation of sugar beet seedlings by antagonistic Pseudomonas and Bacillus strains, and on their control of Pythium damping-off

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1025-1046

  Schmidt, Christoph Stephan ^a   Agostini, Francesco ^b   Simon, Ana Maria ^c   Whyte, Jennifer ^c   Townend, John ^c   Leifert, Carlo ^a   Killham, Ken ^c   Mullins, Chris ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biological control; bioluminescence; lux marking; rhizosphere; root colonisation; soil borne diseases

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DAMPING-OFF; PH; SOIL TYPE; SUGAR BEET;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; GREECE; SCOTLAND; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; FUNGI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM;

EID: 9644287883     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-004-1600-y     Document Type: Article

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