Identification and characterization of a hexapeptide with activity against phytopathogenic fungi that cause postharvest decay in fruits

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 837-846

  López García, Belén ^a,b   González Candelas, Luis ^a   Pérez Payá, Enrique ^b   Marcos, Jose F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; CITRUS FRUIT; FUNGAL GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEXAPEPTIDE; POSTHARVEST DECAY; TOMATO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CITRUS; FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PENICILLIUM ITALICUM;

EID: 0343517456     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2000.13.8.837     Document Type: Article

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