Combinations of treatments to replace the use of conventional fungicides for the commercial control of postharvest diseases of citrus fruit

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Cunningham, Nancy M ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Combined treatments; Edible coatings; Food additive; Geotrichum citri aurantii; Microbial antagonist; Non conventional alternatives treatments; P. Italicum; Penicillium digitatum

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; GEOTRICHUM; GEOTRICHUM CITRI-AURANTII; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM;

EID: 77953001082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2010.1.2     Document Type: Article

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