Penicillium expansum (Blue Mold)

Postharvest Decay: Control Strategies

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 189-231

  Errampalli, Deena ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

BCA; Biocontrol; Fludioxonil; Fruits and vegetables; Postharvest diseases; Pyrimethanil; Reduced risk fungicides

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941267412     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-411552-1.00006-5     Document Type: Chapter

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