Effect of iron on biological control of fire blight by Pseudomonas fluorescens A506

Competitive exclusion has been the mechanism hypothesized to account for the biological control of fire blight disease of pear and apple by the bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens A506 (A506). Recent laboratory assays demonstrated, however, that A506 produces an antibiotic that is toxic to the fire bl...

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Main Author: Temple, Todd N.
Other Authors: Johnson, Kenneth B.
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1957/31052