| native soil bacteria isolates in mexico exhibit a promising antagonistic effect against fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici. | sinaloa state accounts for 23% of mexico's tomato production. one constraint on this important crop is the fusarium crown and root rot, caused by fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici, which has been reported to reduce crop yield by up to 50%. in this study, we set out to identify bacterial populations which could be used to control this disease through natural antagonism. five tomato rhizospheric soil samples were collected, dried for 1-week, and homogenized. sub-samples were used to pr ... | 2013 | 23417777 |