Pseudomonas syringae strains ESC-10 and ESC-11 survive in wounds on citrus and control green and blue molds of citrus

Biological Control

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-88

  Bull, C T ^a   Stack, J P ^b   Smilanick, J L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b EcoScience Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

bacteria; Bio Save; biological control; biopesticide; lemon; orange; Penicillium digitatum; Penicillium italicum; population dynamics; postharvest; Pseudomonas syringae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; EUROTIALES; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PENICILLIUM ITALICUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 0031019273     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0476     Document Type: Article

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