Effect of water activity on the production of volatile organic compounds by Muscodor albus and their effect on three pathogens in stored potato

Fungal Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 220-227

  Corcuff, Ronan ^a   Mercier, Julien ^b   Tweddell, Russell ^a   Arul, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b AgraQuest Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial volatile organic compounds; Fusarium sambucinum; Helminthosporium solani; Muscodor albus; Pectobacterium atrosepticum; Potato; VOC; Water activity

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

ALDEHYDE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOMONITORING; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ESTER; ETHANOL; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; INHIBITOR; INOCULATION; PATHOGENICITY; POTATO; TERPENE; TUBER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER BUDGET;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FUSARIUM; HYPHOMYCETES; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PECTOBACTERIUM; PLANT DISEASE; POTATO; XYLARIALES;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FUSARIUM; HELMINTHOSPORIUM; PECTOBACTERIUM; PLANT DISEASES; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER; XYLARIALES;

ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA PULICARIS; HELMINTHOSPORIUM SOLANI; HYPHOMYCETES; MUSCODOR ALBUS; PECTOBACTERIUM; PECTOBACTERIUM ATROSEPTICUM; SECALE CEREALE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBER (TRUFFLE); XYLARIACEAE;

EID: 79952004668     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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