Control of postharvest pear diseases using Rhodotorula glutinis and its effects on postharvest quality parameters

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 167-171

  Zhang, Hongyin ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Dong, Ying ^a   Jiang, Song ^a   Zhang, Haihui ^a   Zheng, Xiaodong ^b  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Blue mold; Gray mold; Pear; Postharvest decay; Quality parameters; Rhodotorula glutinis

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PEAR; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; POSTHARVEST DECAY; POSTHARVEST PERIOD; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS; SPORE GERMINATION; YEAST CELL;

ANTIBIOSIS; BOTRYTIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FOOD PRESERVATION; PENICILLIUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PYRUS; RHODOTORULA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PYRUS; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS;

EID: 47949099853     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2008.05.018     Document Type: Article

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