Control of postharvest decay in pear by four laboratory-grown yeasts and two registered biocontrol products

Plant Disease

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-158

  Sugar, David ^a   Spotts, Robert A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Pyrus communis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BLUE MOLD; DECAY; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; TIABENDAZOLE;

CANDIDA OLEOPHILA; CRYPTOCOCCUS INFIRMO-MINIATUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 0033005884     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.1999.83.2.155     Document Type: Article

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