Survival of spores of Rhizopus stolonifer, Aspergillus niger, Botrytis cinerea and Alternaria alternata after exposure to ethanol solutions at various temperatures

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1354-1360

  Mlikota Gabler, F ^a,b   Mansour, M F ^b   Smilanick, J L ^b   Mackey, B E ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADRIATIC CROPS AND KARST RECLAMATION   (Croatia)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethyl alcohol; Heat treatment

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; CULTIVATION; GERMINATION;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; AQUEOUS ETHANOL SOLUTIONS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; ETHANOL CONCENTRATIONS; ETHANOL SOLUTIONS; EXPOSED TO; NIGER; POST-HARVEST LOSS; POSTHARVEST DECAYS;

ETHANOL;

TOXICITY;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; GRAPEFRUIT; HEAT TREATMENT; LD 50; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POSTHARVEST PERIOD; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER; SANITATION; SPOROGENESIS; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL INJURY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CITRUS X PARADISI; FUNGI; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE; VITACEAE;

EID: 2542577763     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02280.x     Document Type: Article

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