Epiphytic colonization of pear stigmas and hypanthia by bacteria during primary bloom

Phytopathology

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1162-1168

  Stockwell, V O ^a   McLaughlin, R J ^b,d   Henkels, M D ^a   Loper, J E ^a   Sugar, D ^c   Roberts, R G ^b  

^a HORTICULTURAL CROPS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Erwinia amylovora; Fire blight; Microbial ecology; Pyrus spp

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; EPIPHYTE; ESTER; LIPID ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS VIRIDIFLAVA; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0032779064     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.1999.89.12.1162     Document Type: Article

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