Biocontrol of blue mold of apple by Candida membranifaciens in combination with silicon

Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 310-317

  Farahani, Leila ^a   Etebarian, Hasan Reza ^a   Sahebani, Navazolah ^a   Aminian, Heshmatolah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Candida membranifaciens; Penicillium expansum; post harvest disease; silicon

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; CANDIDA MEMBRANIFACIENS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM;

EID: 84857291474     PISSN: 03235408     EISSN: 14772906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03235408.2011.559055     Document Type: Article

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