Penicillium species associated with preharvest wet core rot in south africa and their pathogenicity on apple

Plant Disease

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 666-675

  Van Der Walt, Lené ^a   Spotts, Robert A ^b   Visagie, Cobus M ^a   Jacobs, Karin ^a   Smit, Francois J ^a   McLeod, Adéle ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLE FRUITS; CAUSATIVE AGENTS; CORE REGION; FUNGAL GENERA; MALUS DOMESTICA; POSTHARVEST; SEQUENCE SIMILARITY; SMALL LESIONS; SOUTH AFRICA;

FUNGI;

FRUITS;

FUNGI; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM DENDRITICUM; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM;

EID: 77953272190     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-94-6-0666     Document Type: Article

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