Biocontrol of Erwinia amylovora using a commercial yeast strain mixture

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 704, Issue , 2006, Pages 363-366

  Duffy, B ^a   Vogelsanger, J ^a   Schoch, B ^a   Holliger, E ^a  

^a Swiss Federal Research Station for Fruit Growing Viticulture and Horticulture   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibiosis; Apple; Aureobasidium pullulans; Fire blight; Host genotype; Malus x domestica; Metschnikowia pulcherrima; Nectar

Indexed keywords

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; LYCORIS SQUAMIGERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; METSCHNIKOWIA PULCHERRIMA; OENOTHERA SPECIOSA;

EID: 33745065484     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2006.704.55     Document Type: Article

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