Plugs of immature pear fruit to assess the virulence of erwinia amylovora and to study in the laboratory the interaction between biological control agents and the fire blight pathogen

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 411, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 303-307

  Vanneste, J L ^a   Yu, J ^a   Harper, G E ^a   Perry, J H ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

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Indexed keywords

ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; PYRUS;

EID: 0000346259     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1996.411.61     Document Type: Conference Paper

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