Antifungal Activity of Chitosan on Fusarium sulphureum in Relation to Dry Rot of Potato Tuber

Agricultural Sciences in China

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 597-604

  LI, Yong cai ^a   SUN, Xiao juan ^a   BI, Yang ^a   GE, Yong hong ^a   WANG, Yi ^a  

^a GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

chitosan; dry rot; Fusarium sulphureum; morphology and ultrastructure; potato

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SULPHUREUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 65649149732     PISSN: 16712927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(08)60251-5     Document Type: Article

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