Applications of chlorine dioxide gas for control of bacterial soft rot in tomatoes

Plant Disease

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1316-1320

  Mahovic, Michael J ^a   Tenney, Joel D ^b   Bartz, Jerry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ICA TriNova Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease management; Pectobacterium carotovorum (syn.); Vegetable crops

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CROPS; FRUITS; IRON COMPOUNDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER; ZEOLITES;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PRESSURE COOKERS; VEGETABLE CROPS;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM SUBSP. CAROTOVORUM;

EID: 34548857915     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-91-10-1316     Document Type: Article

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