Influence of culture media and environmental factors on mycelial growth and pycnidial production of Sphaeropsis pyriputrescens

Mycologia

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-32

  Kim, Y K ^a   Xiao, C L ^a   Rogers, J D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal physiology; Postharvest pathogenic fungi

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGAL DISEASE; GROWTH RATE; STORAGE;

FUNGI; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYCNIDIA; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPHAEROPSIS; SPHAEROPSIS PYRIPUTRESCENS;

EID: 19444384496     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2006.11832835     Document Type: Article

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