Floral traits affecting fire blight infection and management

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-66

  Farkas, Ágnes ^a   Mihalik, Erzsébet ^b   Dorgai, László ^c   Bubán, Tamás ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c Biocenter Ltd   (Hungary)

^d Research and Extension Centre for Fruit Growing   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bacterium; Biological control agent; Erwinia amylovora; Hypanthium Malus; Nectar; Nectary; Pyrus; Stigma

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; MORPHOLOGY; ORCHARDS;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; HYPANTHIUM-MALUS; NECTAR; NECTARY; PYRUS; STIGMA;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALOIDEAE; MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 84856233951     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-011-0627-x     Document Type: Review

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