Improved control of apple and citrus fruit decay with a combination of Candida saitoana and 2-deoxy-D-glucose

Plant Disease

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 249-253

  El Ghaouth, Ahmed ^a,c   Smilanick, Joseph L ^b   Wisniewski, Michael ^c   Wilson, Charles L ^c  

^a France   (Mauritania)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog; Citrus; Gray mold; Microbial antagonist

Indexed keywords

APPLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DEOXYGLUCOSE; ENILCONAZOLE; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; FUNGAL GROWTH; FUNGAL INFECTION; INOCULATION; LEMON; ORANGE; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL;

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CANDIDA SAITOANA; CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; FUNGI; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM;

EID: 0033998326     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2000.84.3.249     Document Type: Article

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