Efficacy of different biological control agents against major postharvest pathogens of grapes under room temperature storage conditions

Phytopathologia Mediterranea

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-64

  Senthil, Ramu ^a   Prabakar, Kuppusamy ^a   Rajendran, Lingan ^a   Karthikeyan, Gandhi ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillus carbonarius; Fusarium moniliforme bacillus subtilis; Penicillium expansum; Trichoderma spp.

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PSEUDOMONAS; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE; VITACEAE;

EID: 79960091415     PISSN: 00319465     EISSN: 15932095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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