Effects of calcium and chitosan treatments on controlling anthracnose and postharvest quality of papaya (Carica papaya L.)

International Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 53-68

  Al Eryani Raqeeb, Abdul ^a   Mahmud, T M M ^a   Syed Omar, S R ^a   Mohamed Zaki, A R ^a   Al Eryani, A R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Calcium; Chitosan; Colletotrichum gloeosporioides; Papaya; Papaya quality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARICA PAPAYA; COLLETOTRICHUM; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 58549120953     PISSN: 18164897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijar.2009.53.68     Document Type: Article

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