Variability in postharvest decay among apple cultivars

Plant Disease

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1051-1054

  Spotts, Robert A ^a   Cervantes, L A ^a   Mielke, E A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue mold; Bull's eye rot; Gray mold; Malus; Mucor rot

Indexed keywords

APPLE; CULTIVAR; DISEASE RESISTANCE; PLANT PATHOLOGY; POSTHARVEST DECAY;

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; FUNGI; MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MUCOR; MUCOR PIRIFORMIS; NEOFABRAEA MALICORTICIS; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PEZICULA; PEZICULA MALICORTICIS;

EID: 0032695042     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.1999.83.11.1051     Document Type: Article

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