Effects of Sequential Calcium Chloride, Ziram, and Yeast Orchard Sprays on Postharvest Decay of Pear

Plant Disease

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1260-1262

  Sugar, D ^a   Benbow, J M ^a   Powers, K A ^a   Basile, S R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternaria; Botrytis cinerea; Neofabraea; Penicillium expansum

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; DECAY (ORGANIC); DISEASE CONTROL; HARVESTING; PATHOLOGY; SPRAYING;

FACTORIAL TREATMENTS;

YEAST;

ALTERNARIA; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS INFIRMO-MINIATUS; CYSTOFILOBASIDIUM INFIRMOMINIATUM; FUNGI; NEOFABRAEA; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0141724817     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2003.87.10.1260     Document Type: Article

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