«Pseudomonas fluorescens» mediated antifungal activity against «Rhihzoctonia solani» causing sheath blight in rice

Antifungal activity of Pseudomonas fluorescens strains PF1, FP7 and PB2 was tested against the rice sheath blight pathogen Rhizoctonia solani. The bacterial strains produced antibiotic 2,4-diacetyl phloroglucinol, iron chelating siderophore, hydrogen cyanide, lytic enzymes, such as chitinase and β-1...

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Main Authors: Babu Submanianan, Ramalingan Radjacommare, Ramasamy Samiyappan, Rangaraj Nanadakumar, Thiruvengadam Raguchander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2002-08-01
Series:Phytopathologia Mediterranea
Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/pm/article/view/4963