Yeasts as antagonists against Erwinia amylovora

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 704, Issue , 2006, Pages 367-369

  Seibold, A ^a   Viehrig, M ^a   Jelkmann, W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agar diffusion assay; Aureobasidium pullulans; Coculture experiments; Immature pear fruit assay; Metschnikowia pulcherrima; Population studies

Indexed keywords

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FUNGI; MALUS X DOMESTICA; METSCHNIKOWIA PULCHERRIMA; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 33745104458     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2006.704.56     Document Type: Article

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