Claim · #6492852
Agrobacterium radiobacter · biocontrol · Agrobacterium tumefaciens
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“crown gall caused by Agrobacterium tumefociens is controlled by a single application of A. radiobacter strain K-84”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 8
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“A. radiobacter K-84 as biocontrol against crown gall via agrocin 84 competition is well-established IPM literature; source quote directly supports all structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“A. radiobacter K-84 biocontrol of A. tumefaciens crown gall via bare-root dip is a well-established, commercially used mechanism; direction and entities are correct.”
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