Biological control of postharvest diseases

Advances in Postharvest Fruit and Vegetable Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 65-88

  Lima, Giuseppe ^a   Sanzani, Simona Marianna ^b   De Curtis, Filippo ^a   Ippolito, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

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