Implications of pathogenesis by Erwinia amylovora on rosaceous stigmas to biological control of fire blight

Phytopathology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-138

  Johnson, K B ^a   Sawyer, T L ^a   Stockwell, V O ^a   Temple, T N ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pantoea agglomerans; Pseudomonas fluorescens

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FLOWER; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; ROSACEAE; VIRULENCE;

ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FLOWERS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; ROSACEAE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYRUS; RUBUS;

EID: 60549118194     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-99-2-0128     Document Type: Article

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