The interacting effects of temperature, duration of wetness and inoculum size on the infection of pear blossoms by Erwinia amylovora, the causal agent of fire blight

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 174-187

  Shwartz, H ^b   Shtienberg, D ^b   Vintal, H ^b   Kritzman, G ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Disease management; Epidemiology; Erwinia amylovora

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0037288164     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02980788     Document Type: Article

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