Journal of General Plant Pathology

, Volume 79, Issue 6, pp 435–440 | Cite as

Research on biological control of plant diseases: present state and perspectives

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Keywords

Salicylic Acid Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus Cucumber Mosaic Virus Endophytic Bacterium Induce Systemic Resistance 
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Acknowledgments

I express my deepest gratitude to all my colleagues and students for their enthusiastic collaboration in this research. The research was supported in part by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Faculty of Applied Biological SciencesGifu UniversityGifuJapan

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