Mechanisms modulating fungal attack in post-harvest pathogen interactions and their control

Sustainable Disease Management in a European Context

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 281-289

  Prusky, Dov ^a   Lichter, Amnon ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fruit ripening; Fruit senescence; PACC; Pectolytic enzymes; PELB; pH regulation; Quiescent infections

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350729600     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8780-6_7     Document Type: Chapter

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