Epidemiology of brown rot (Monilinia fructigena) on apple: Infection of fruits by conidia

Plant Pathology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 201-206

  Xu, X M ^a   Robinson, J D ^a  

^a HORTICULTURE RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apple; Fruit maturity; Infection; Monilinia fructigena; Wound age

Indexed keywords

APPLE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGAL INFECTION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; MATURITY; MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WET PERIOD; WOUND;

DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNGAL DISEASE;

MONILINIA FRUCTIGENA;

EID: 0034091993     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2000.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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