Effects of chitosan and plant extracts on growth of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, anthracnose levels and quality of papaya fruit

Crop Protection

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1087-1092

  Bautista Banos S ^a,c   Hernandez Lopez M ^a   Bosquez Molina, E ^b   Wilson, C L ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^c APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carica papaya; Colletotrichum gloeosporioides; Custard apple extract; Natural compounds; Papaya extract

Indexed keywords

CROP IMPROVEMENT; DISEASE CONTROL; FRUIT; FUNGICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANNONA CHERIMOLA; CARICA PAPAYA; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM GLOEOSPORIOIDES; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA; LONCHOCARPUS CAPASSA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PHOMOPSIS;

EID: 10744232408     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(03)00117-0     Document Type: Article

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