Comparative efficacy of the new postharvest fungicides azoxystrobin, fludioxonil, and pyrimethanil for managing citrus green mold

Plant Disease

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1502-1511

  Kanetis, Loukas ^a   Förster, Helga ^b   Adaskaveg, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungicide classes; Fungicide resistance; Postharvest decay control

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DISEASES; FUNGI; TISSUE; UNITED STATES;

FLUDIOXONIL; FUNGICIDE CLASSES; FUNGICIDE RESISTANCE; POSTHARVEST DECAY CONTROL;

FUNGICIDES;

CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM;

EID: 35348997944     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-91-11-1502     Document Type: Article

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