Management of fire blight: A case study in microbial ecology

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 36, Issue , 1998, Pages 227-248

  Johnson, K B ^a   Stockwell, V O ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apples; Biological control; Disease forecasting; Epiphytic bacteria; Erwinia amylovora; Pears

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FIRE BLIGHT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0031695664     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.36.1.227     Document Type: Article

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