Non-chemical approaches to postharvest disease control

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 553, Issue , 2001, Pages 407-412

  Wisniewski, M ^a   Wilson, C ^a   El Ghaouth, A ^a   Droby, S ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Chitosan; Heat treatments; Induced resistance; Microbial antagonists; Salt solutions; Yeast

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742303215     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.553.93     Document Type: Conference Paper

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