Postharvest biological control of blue mold of apple and brown rot of sweet cherry by natural saprophytic yeasts alone or in combination with low doses of fungicides

Biological Control

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 253-259

  Chand Goyal, T ^a   Spotts, Robert A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus infirmominiatus; Cryptococcus laurentii; iprodione, Penicillium expansum; Monilinia fructicola; thiabendazole

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; CYSTOFILOBASIDIUM INFIRMOMINIATUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MONILINIA FRUCTICOLA; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PRUNUS AVIUM; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0030130515     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0032     Document Type: Article

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