A review of mechanisms of action of biological control organisms against post-harvest fruit spoilage

EPPO Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-71

  Jamalizadeh, M ^a   Etebarian, H R ^a   Aminian, H ^a   Alizadeh, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b PLANT PESTS AND DISEASES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

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EID: 79952672719     PISSN: 02508052     EISSN: 13652338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2338.2011.02438.x     Document Type: Review

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