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Control of soil borne damping-off diseases by bacterial antagonists applied to the seed coat or pellet has been frequently reported to be more variable than fungicide seed treatments. However, due to experimental difficulties in monitoring/tracking populations and activities of microbial inocula in the soil environment with classical bacteriological methods, it has proved extremely difficult if not impossible to identify the exact reasons for variable field performance of biological seed treatments. More recently molecular marker technologies have been used as an alternative strategy to identify population dynamics and environmental activity profiles of bacterial antagonists in the soil environment. This paper critically reviews the opportunities and problems associated with the use of molecular marker based assays (in particular the use of lux marker technology) for population and activity profiling of bacterial antagonists in soil.
Author(s): Leifert C
Editor(s): Biddle, AJ
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: 3rd Seed Treatment Symposium : Seed Treatment: Challenges & Opportunities
Year of Conference: 2001
Pages: 119-126
ISSN: 0306-3941
Publisher: British Crop Protection Council
Library holdings: Search Newcastle University Library for this item
Series Title: British Crop Protection Council Symposium Proceedings
ISBN: 1901396762
