Incidence of postharvest decay of 'd'Anjou' pear and control with a thiabendazole drench

Plant Disease

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 474-478

  Lennox, Cheryl L ^a   Spotts, Robert A ^b   Booyse, Mardé ^c  

^a PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Botrytis cinerea; Mucor piriformis; Neofabraea spp.; Penicillium expansum; Pezicula spp.; Phialophora malorum

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; FOOD PRESERVATION; FRUITS; HARVESTING;

AIR STORAGE; POSTHARVEST DECAY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALTERNARIA; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; CADOPHORA MALORUM; COPRINUS; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; MUCOR; MUCOR PIRIFORMIS; NEOFABRAEA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PEZICULA; PHIALOPHORA; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 1942486346     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2004.88.5.474     Document Type: Article

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