Sensitivity of populations of Botrytis cinerea from pear-related sources to benzimidazole and dicarboximide fungicides

Plant Disease

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 645-649

  Lennox, Cheryl L ^a   Spotts, Robert A ^b  

^a PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gray mold; Pyrus communis

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); FUNGICIDES; ORCHARDS; PACKING;

POSTHARVEST DECAY;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; FUNGI; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0038781868     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2003.87.6.645     Document Type: Article

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