Fusarium asiaticum: An Emerging Pathogen Jeopardizing Postharvest Asparagus Spears

Journal of Phytopathology

Volumn 161, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 696-703

  Zhu, Pinkuan ^a   Wu, Lingqing ^a   Liu, Liying ^a   Huang, Li ^a   Wang, Yiwen ^a   Tang, Weihua ^b   Xu, Ling ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Asparagus spears; Fusarium asiaticum; Mycotoxins; Postharvest diseases

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; MICROORGANISM; PATHOGEN; PATHOGENICITY; ROOT ROT; VEGETABLE;

ASPARAGUS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM ASIATICUM;

EID: 84883809372     PISSN: 09311785     EISSN: 14390434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jph.12120     Document Type: Article

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