Fungal disease and fruit quality in an apple orchard converted from integrated production to organic production

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-37

  Jönssson, Åsa ^a   Nybom, Hilde ^a   Rumpunen, Kimmo ^a  

^a Department of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apple scab; Bull s eye rot; Malus; Monilia fructigena; Neofabraea alba; Neofabraea malicorticis; Organic growing; Venturia inaequalis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007801830     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10440040903396565     Document Type: Article

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