Relationship between host acidification and virulence of Penicillium spp. on apple and citrus fruit

Phytopathology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-51

  Prusky, Dov ^a,b   McEvoy, James L ^a   Saftner, Robert ^a   Conway, William S ^a   Jones, Richard ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; FUNGI; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PENICILLIUM ITALICUM;

EID: 1942504733     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.2004.94.1.44     Document Type: Article

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