Pepper (Capsicum annuum) soft rot caused by Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica

Plant Disease

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1109-1112

  Stommel, John R ^a,b   Got, Robert W ^a   Haynes, Kathleen G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture   (United States)

Author keywords

fruit decay; inoculation technique

Indexed keywords

ERWINIA CAROTOVORA;

EID: 0029904880     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-80-1109     Document Type: Article

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