Honey bees to distribute beneficial bacteria to apple and asian pear flowers

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 489, Issue , 1999, Pages 615-617

  Vanneste, J L ^a   Cornish, D A ^a   Voyle, M D ^a   Haine, H M ^a   Goodwin, R M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Biological control; Fire blight; Honeybees; Nashi

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000471795     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1999.489.107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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