Date-palm fruit spoilage and seed-borne fungi of Saudi Arabia

Research Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 208-213

  Al Sheikh, Hashem ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Date palm varieties; Fruit spoilage fungi; Seed borne

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 68249125188     PISSN: 18164935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jm.2009.208.213     Document Type: Article

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