Potential and limits of acylcyclohexanediones for the control of blossom blight in apple and pear caused by Erwinia amylovora

Plant Pathology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 702-710

  Spinelli, F ^a   Vanneste, J L ^b   Ciampolini, F ^c   Cresti, M ^c   Rademacher, W ^d   Geider, K ^e   Costa, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d BASF SE   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Fire blight; Malus domestica; Prohexadione calcium; Pyrus communis; Resistance induction; Trinexapac ethyl

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELDWORK; FRUIT; GROWTH REGULATOR; LASER; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 34447514007     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01614.x     Document Type: Article

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