Efficacy of the antagonist Aureobasidium pullulans PL5 against postharvest pathogens of peach, apple and plum and its modes of action

Biological Control

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 172-180

  Zhang, Dianpeng ^a   Spadaro, Davide ^a   Garibaldi, Angelo ^a   Gullino, Maria Lodovica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

1,3 Glucanase; Apple; Aureobasidium pullulans; Biological control; Botrytis cinerea; Chitinase; Monilinia laxa; Peach; Penicillium expansum; Plum

Indexed keywords

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MONILINIA LAXA; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 77955272212     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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