Sensitivity of Erwinia spp. to salt compounds in vitro and their effect on the development of soft rot in potato tubers in storage

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 208-214

  Mills, A A S ^a   Hurta, R A R ^b  

^a Bud) Platt H W   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative controls; Erwinia; Post harvest disease; Salt compounds

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; PECTOBACTERIUM ATROSEPTICUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM SUBSP. CAROTOVORUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33745955843     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2006.03.015     Document Type: Article

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