Effectiveness of Aureobasidium pullulans and Candida oleophila against postharvest strawberry rots

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-178

  Lima, Giuseppe ^a,b   Ippolito, Antonio ^a   Nigro, Franco ^a   Salerno, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aureobasidium pullulans; Biological control; Botrytis cinerea; Candida oleophila; Postharvest diseases; Rhizopus stolonifer; Strawberry; Yeast like fungi; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; CANDIDA OLEOPHILA;

EID: 0030966702     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(96)01302-6     Document Type: Article

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