Secondary colonization of pear blossoms by two bacterial antagonists of the fire blight pathogen

Plant Disease

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 661-668

  Nuclo, R L ^a   Johnson, K B ^a   Stockwell, V O ^a   Sugar, D ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pyrus communis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FIRE BLIGHT; PEAR BLOSSOM;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; ERWINIA HERBICOLA; FUNGI; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0031806805     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.1998.82.6.661     Document Type: Article

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