Streptomycin applications to control walnut blight disease can prevent fertilization and increase fruit drop

HortScience

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 940-942

  Polito, V S ^a   Pinney, K ^a   Buchner, R ^a   Olson, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscission; Agri mycin; Antibiotic; Juglans regia; Ovule; Pollen; Pollination; Xanthomonas campestris pv. juglandis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DISEASES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

GERMINATION;

FRUITS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); JUGLANS; JUGLANS REGIA; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. JUGLANDIS;

EID: 0036774763     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.37.6.940     Document Type: Article

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