Fumigation of fruit with short-chain organic acids to reduce the potential of postharvest decay

Plant Disease

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 689-693

  Sholberg, P L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apple; Stone fruit

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; CHERRY; CITRUS FRUIT; FORMIC ACID; INFECTION CONTROL; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; POME FRUIT; PROPIONIC ACID;

MONILINIA FRUCTICOLA; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER;

EID: 0031745176     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.1998.82.6.689     Document Type: Article

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