Preharvest chitosan and postharvest UV irradiation treatments suppress gray mold of table grapes

Plant Disease

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 445-450

  Romanazzi, G ^a   Gabler, F Mlikota ^b   Smilanick, J L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

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

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue mold; Penicillium sp.; Vitis vinifera

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENZYMES; FRUITS; IRRADIATION; SKIN;

BLUE MOLD; CHITOSAN; GRAPE BERRY; GRAY MOLD; PENICILLIUM SP.; VITIS VINIFERA;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BERRIES; CATECHINS; CHITOSAN; ENZYMES; FRUITS; HARVESTING; RADIATION EFFECTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM SP.; VITACEAE; VITIS SP.; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 33645310164     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0445     Document Type: Article

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