Mode of action of chitosan coating on anthracnose disease control in papaya

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 437-444

  Hewajulige, Ilmi Ganga Namali ^a   Sultanbawa, Yasmina ^a   Wijeratnam, R Shanthi Wilson ^a   Wijesundara, Ravindra L C ^b  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

,1 3 glucanase; Antifungal; Chitinase; Respiration

Indexed keywords

CARICA PAPAYA; FUNGI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 77349113368     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12600-009-0052-5     Document Type: Article

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