Antagonistic bacteria associated with the fruit skin of banana in controlling its postharvest diseases

Tropical Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 206-212

  De Costa, D M ^a,b   Subasinghe, S S N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antagonistic bacteria; Anthracnose; Banana; Colletotrichum musae; Crown rot disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CROWN ROT; FUNGAL GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL;

BOTRYODIPLODIA; CERATOCYSTYS PARADOXA; COLLETOTRICHUM MUSAE; FUSARIUM;

EID: 0031725151     PISSN: 00413291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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