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Effect of Fusarium verticillioides on maize-root-associated Burkholderia cenocepacia populations.
Research in microbiology - 1 Dec 2005
Bevivino Annamaria, Peggion Verena, Chiarini Luigi, Tabacchioni Silvia, Cantale Cristina, Dalmastri Claudia
Abstract excerpt
Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) bacteria are naturally present in the rhizosphere of several crop plants and have been found to antagonize a wide range of important plant pathogens. In this study, we evaluated the effect of the pathogenic fungus Fusarium verticillioides on Bcc populations recovered from the roots of Zea mays plants. Maize plants were cultivated under greenhouse conditions and bacterial...
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