New considerations for pruning in management of fire blight in pears

Plant Disease

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1083-1088

  Shtienberg, D ^a   Zilberstaine, M ^b   Oppenheim, D ^b   Levi, S ^c   Shwartz, H ^a   Kritzman, G ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

^c GOFR Central   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE;

PRUNING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0042328659     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2003.87.9.1083     Document Type: Article

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