Sodium silicate reduces postharvest decay on hami melons: Induced resistance and fungistatic effects

Plant Disease

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 279-283

  Bi, Y ^a,b   Tian, S P ^a   Guo, Y R ^b   Ge, Y H ^b   Qin, G Z ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGISTATIC EFFECTS; HAMI MELONS; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NEW QUEEN; PHYTOTOXIC; POSTHARVEST DECAY;

DECAY (ORGANIC); DISEASE CONTROL; ENZYMES; PLANTS (BOTANY); THERMAL EFFECTS;

FUNGUS ATTACK;

ACCUMULATION; DECAY; ENZYMES; FOREST PATHOLOGY; INOCULATION; PATHOGENS; PEROXIDASE; RESISTANCE; SODIUM SILICATE;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; COLLETOTRICHUM MUSAE; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; FUSARIUM; TRICHOTHECIUM ROSEUM;

EID: 33644690103     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0279     Document Type: Article

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