Application of Candida saitoana and glycolchitosan for the control of postharvest diseases of apple and citrus fruit under semi-commercial conditions

Plant Disease

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 243-248

  El Ghaouth, Ahmed ^a,e   Smilanick, Joseph L ^b   Brown, G Eldon ^c   Ippolito, Antonio ^d   Wisniewski, Michael ^e   Wilson, Charles L ^e  

^a France   (Mauritania)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Florida Department of Citrus   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Botrytis cinerea; Chitosan; Penicillium digitatum; Penicillium expansum

Indexed keywords

APPLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CULTIVAR; ENILCONAZOLE; FUNGAL GROWTH; GLYCOLCHITOSAN; INOCULATION; LEMON; ORANGE; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL;

ANANAS COMOSUS; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; CANDIDA SAITOANA; CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS SINENSIS; FUNGI; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; UMBILICUS; VALENCIA;

EID: 0033994587     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2000.84.3.243     Document Type: Article

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