Opportunities and constraints in the development of antagonistic yeasts for the control of postharvest diseases of fruit

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Spadaro, Davide ^a   Gullino, Maria Lodovica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological control; Formulation; Mechanism of action; Molecular identification; Production; Stabilisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249282763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2010.3.7     Document Type: Review

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