Efficacy of postharvest treatments with acibenzolar-S-methyl and methyl jasmonate against Botrytis cinerea infecting cut Freesia hybrida L. flowers

Australasian Plant Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 332-340

  Darras, Anastasios I ^a,c   Joyce, Daryl C ^b   Terry, Leon A ^a   Pompodakis, Nektarios E ^d   Dimitriadis, Christos I ^e  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KALAMATA   (Greece)

^d TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^e Ministry of Agriculture at Kozani   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; FREESIA; FREESIA HYBRIDA;

EID: 34547271929     PISSN: 08153191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AP07030     Document Type: Article

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