ROLE OF COLONIZATION IN BIOCONTROL - STUDIES WITH ENTEROBACTER-CLOACAE

被引:18
作者
ROBERTS, DP
SHORT, NM
MALONEY, AP
NELSON, EB
SCHAFF, DA
机构
[1] NASA, GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CTR, GREENBELT, MD 20771 USA
[2] CORNELL UNIV, DEPT PLANT PATHOL, ITHACA, NY 14853 USA
[3] UNIV DELAWARE, DEPT PLANT & SOIL SCI, NEWARK, DE 19717 USA
关键词
BIOCONTROL; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; COLONIZATION; SPERMOSPHERE;
D O I
10.1016/0168-9452(94)90167-8
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The importance of colonization of subterranean portions of crop plants by bacterial biocontrol agents needs to be defined and investigated. This paper describes the ongoing studies in our laboratories concerning the importance of colonization by Enterobacter cloacae to its suppression of the plant pathogen Pythium ultimum on cucumber. The use of E. cloacae mutants, which are reduced in cucumber spermosphere colonization, and an environmental containment strategy for this biocontrol agent is also discussed.
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页码:83 / 89
页数:7
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