Microbial attachment and persistence on plants

The Produce Contamination Problem: Causes and Solutions: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 21-57

  Yaron, Sima ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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