Epiphytic bacteria and yeasts on apple blossoms and their potential as antagonists of erwinia amylovora

Phytopathology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 571-581

  Lawrence Pusey, P ^a   Stockwell, Virginia O ^b   Mazzola, Mark ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PSEUDOMONAS;

APPLE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENT; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; YEAST;

BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENT; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FLOWERS; MALUS; OREGON; WASHINGTON; WEATHER; YEASTS;

EID: 66149190950     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-99-5-0571     Document Type: Article

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