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Role of ethylene in the protection of tomato plants against soil-borne fungal pathogens conferred by an endophytic Fusarium solani strain.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Jan 2007
Kavroulakis Nektarios, Ntougias Spyridon, Zervakis Georgios I, Ehaliotis Constantinos, Haralampidis Kosmas, Papadopoulou Kalliope K
Abstract excerpt
An endophytic fungal isolate (Fs-K), identified as a Fusarium solani strain, was obtained from root tissues of tomato plants grown on a compost which suppressed soil and foliar pathogens. Strain Fs-K was able to colonize root tissues and subsequently protect plants against the root pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis-lycopersici (FORL), and elicit induced systemic resistance against the tomato foliar...
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