Assessment of fungal pathogens causing postharvest decay of pomegranate in Southeast Spain

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 818, Issue , 2009, Pages 305-312

  Palou, L ^a   Del Rio M A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cold storage; Latent infection; Postharvest diseases; Punica granatum; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; LYTHRACEAE; PENICILLIUM; PUNICA GRANATUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 70350095936     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.818.45     Document Type: Conference Paper

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