Botrytis cinerea decay in apples is inhibited by postharvest heat and calcium treatments

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-94

  Klein, Joshua D ^a   Conway, William S ^b   Whitaker, Bruce D ^b   Sams, Carl E ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

CaCl2; Malus domestica; pressure infiltration

Indexed keywords

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0030935752     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.122.1.91     Document Type: Article

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