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Measuring Volatile and Non-volatile Antifungal Activity of Biocontrol Products
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Growth evaluation of an antagonistic Trichoderma virens isolate by using a BOD OxiTop respirometric apparatus
Sabrina Sarrocco1, Francesca Gambineri, Leonardo Magneschi
1Department of Tree Science, Entomology and Plant Pathology G. Scaramuzzi, Plant Pathology Section, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, Pisa, Italy.
The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology
|November 26, 2008
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