Control of anthracnose rot and quality deterioration in loquat fruit with methyl jasmonate

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1598-1602

  Cao, Shifeng ^a   Zheng, Yonghua ^a   Yang, Zhenfeng ^a   Tang, Shuangshuang ^a   Jin, Peng ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anthracnose rot; Loquat fruit; Methyl jasmonate; Quality parameters

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLLETOTRICHUM; ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA; GLOMERELLA ACUTATA;

EID: 43249093044     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3256     Document Type: Article

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