Environmentally friendly method for the control of sprouting and tuber-borne diseases in stored potato

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 830, Issue , 2009, Pages 363-368

  Eshel, D ^a   Orenstein, J ^a   Tsror, L ^a   Hazanovsky, M ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Postharvest; Rhizoctonia solani; Sprout inhibition; Thermal fogging

Indexed keywords

HYPHOMYCETES; MENTHA; MENTHA SPICATA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 75749118297     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.830.51     Document Type: Article

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