Genetic diversity and biocontrol activity of Aureobasidium pullulans isolates against postharvest rots

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-199

  Schena, Leonardo ^a   Ippolito, Antonio ^a   Zahavi, Tirtza ^b   Cohen, Lea ^b   Nigro, Franco ^a   Droby, Samir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Institute of Technology and Storage of Agricultural Products   (Israel)

Author keywords

ap PCR; Aureobasidium pullulans; Biological control; Postharvest; RAPD PCR

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARILY PRIMED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC DIVERSITY; ITALY; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SURVIVAL;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER;

EID: 0032708528     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(99)00036-8     Document Type: Article

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