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1. Diversity in Soilborne Microbial Communities: A Tool for Biological System Management of Root Health |
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2. Biological Control of Fusarium Wilts: Toward Development of Commercial Products |
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3. Use of Sporidesmium sclerotivorum for Biocontrol of Sclerotial Plant Pathogens |
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37 | (12) |
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4. Strategies for Biological Control of Necrotrophic Fungal Foliar Pathogens |
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49 | (40) |
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5. Powdery Mildews: Recent Advances Toward Integrated Control |
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89 | (22) |
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6. Biological Control with Trichoderma Species |
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111 | (16) |
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7. Biological Control Strategies for Sclerotinia Diseases |
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127 | (30) |
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8. Biological Control of Postharvest Disease |
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157 | (14) |
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9. Biocontrol of Postharvest Diseases of Temperate Fruits: Challenges and Opportunities |
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171 | (28) |
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10. Selection, Characterization, and Use of Microbial Antagonists for the Control of Fusarium Dry Rot of Potatoes |
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199 | (24) |
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11. Biological Control of Weeds Using Microorganisms |
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223 | (26) |
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12. Formulating Microorganisms for Biological Control of Weeds |
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249 | (34) |
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13. Control of Cucumber Mosaic Virus Using Viral Satellites |
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283 | (14) |
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14. Enhancement of Biological Nitrogen Fixation Using Strain-Specific Bacterial Viruses for Biological Control of Ineffective Bradyrhizobium or Rhizobium |
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15. Chitinolytic Enzymes of Fungi and Their Involvement in Biological Control of Plant Pathogens |
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309 | (20) |
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16. Impact of Liquid Culture Physiology, Environment, and Metabolites on Biocontrol Agent Qualities: Pseudomonas fluorescens 2-79 Versus Wheat Take-All |
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329 | (26) |
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17. Genetic Analysis of Selected Antifungal Metabolites Produced by Pseudomonas aureofaciens |
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355 | (38) |
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18. Molecular Probes and Assays Useful to Identify Plant Pathogenic Fungi, Bacteria, and Marked Biocontrol Agents |
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393 | (22) |
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19. Genetic Approaches for Analysis and Manipulation of Rhizosphere Colonization by Bacterial Biocontrol Agents |
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415 | (18) |
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