Control of postharvest decay of apple fruit by Aureobasidium pullulans and induction of defense responses

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 265-272

  Ippolito, Antonio ^a   El Ghaouth, Ahmed ^b,c   Wilson, Charles L ^c   Wisniewski, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b France   (Mauritania)

^c APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

1,3 glucanase; Apple fruit; Aureobasidium pullulans; Biocontrol; Blue mold; Botrytis cinerea; Chitinase; Gray mold; Microbial antagonist; Penicillium expansum; Peroxidase

Indexed keywords

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM;

EID: 0033910968     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(00)00104-6     Document Type: Article

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