The use of the ACC deaminase producing bacterium Pseudomonas putida UW4 as a biocontrol agent for pine wilt disease

Pine wilt disease, caused by the nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, is responsible for the devastation of worldwide pine forestlands. Until today, the only effective solution to this serious threat resides on the destruction of infected trees, which is both economic and ecologically unacceptable....

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Main Author: Nascimento, Francisco (author)
Other Authors: Vicente, Claudia (author), Espada, Margarida (author), Bernard (author), Glick, R (author), Mota, Manuel (author), Oliveira, Solange (author)
Format: lecture
Language:por
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/7814
Country:Portugal
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