At-harvest prediction of grey mould risk in pear fruit in long-term cold storage

Crop Protection

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 414-420

  Spotts, Robert A ^a   Serdani, Maryna ^b   Wallis, Kelly M ^a   Walter, Monika ^c   Harris Virgin, Trish ^c   Spotts, Kim ^a   Sugar, David ^a   Xiao, Chang Lin ^d   Qu, Annie ^e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Botrytis cinerea; Postharvest decay; Pyrus communis

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; HARVESTING; MODELING; ORCHARD; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORAGE;

AUSTRALASIA; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 62549148578     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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