Studies on thiabendazole resistance of Penicillium expansum of pears: Pathogenic fitness and genetic characterization

Plant Pathology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 362-370

  Baraldi, E ^a   Mari, M ^a   Chierici, E ^a   Pondrelli, M ^a   Bertolini, P ^a   Pratella, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

tubulin; Blue mould; Mutations; Postharvest diseases; Thiabendazole

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0038000626     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2003.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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