The biocontrol of postharvest disease (Botryodiplodia theobromae) of guava (Psidium guajava L.) by the application of yeast strains

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 123-130

  Mohamed, Hashem ^a   Saad, Alamri ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Botryodiplodia; Guava; Lipomyces; Metschnikowia; Pichia; Postharvest rot

Indexed keywords

BOTRYODIPLODIA; BOTRYODIPLODIA THEOBROMAE; DIPLODIA; FUNGI; LIPOMYCES; LIPOMYCES TETRASPORUS; METSCHNIKOWIA LUNATA; PICHIA; PICHIA ANOMALA; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 67649774201     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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