Pilot testing of pichia guilliermondii: A biocontrol agent of postharvest diseases of citrus fruit

Biological Control

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 47-52

  Droby, S ^a   Hofstein, R ^b   Wilson, C L ^c   Wisniewski, M ^c   Fridlender, B ^b   Cohen, L ^a   Weiss, B ^a   Daus, A ^a   Timar, D ^d   Chalutz, E ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b Ecogen Israel Partnership (EIP)   (Israel)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d Citrus Marketing Board of Israel ^*  (Israel)

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EID: 0001904507     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1993.1008     Document Type: Article

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