Mycoflora of tuber surface of white yam (Dioscorea rotundata poir) and postharvest control of pathogens with Bacillus subtilis

Mycopathologia

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 81-85

  Okigbo, Ralph N ^a  

^a MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Biological control; Mycoflora; Rot; Yam

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DIOSCOREA; FUSARIUM; PENICILLIUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RHIZOCTONIA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA ROTUNDATA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; PENICILLIUM SCLEROTIGENUM; RHIZOCTONIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0037269374     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022976323102     Document Type: Article

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