Claim · #6492980
Agrobacterium radiobacter · biocontrol · Agrobacterium tumefaciens
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Agrobacterium radiobacter strain 84 used to control crown gall formation caused by A. tumefaciens”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 111
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Agrobacterium radiobacter K84 controlling crown gall via agrocin 84 bacteriocin on plasmid pAgK84 is well-established, commercially deployed biocontrol; source quote and mechanism are consistent.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Agrobacterium radiobacter K84 controlling A. tumefaciens via agrocin 84 on pAgK84 is one of the best-documented biocontrol systems; taxonomy, mechanism, and direction are all correct.”
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