Control of citrus postharvest green and blue mold and sour rot by tea saponin combined with imazalil and prochloraz

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-43

  Hao, Weining ^a   Zhong, Guohua ^a   Hu, Meiying ^a   Luo, Jianjun ^a   Weng, Qunfang ^a   Rizwan ul Haq, Muhammad ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Citrus postharvest diseases; Geotrichum candidum; Synergistic effect; Tea saponin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; EUROTIALES; FUNGI; GALACTOMYCES GEOTRICHUM; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PENICILLIUM ITALICUM;

EID: 74449093831     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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