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Chitosan is an effective inhibitor against potato dry rot caused by Fusarium oxysporum
2021-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Fusarium dry rot was one of the most serious diseases of potato during storage. Biological control based on the use of natural bioactive compounds to suppress tuber diseases offer an attractive alternative. As a biopolymer, chitosan had broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity against various phytopathogens and could induce plant resistance to pathogens. Previous observations showed that chitosan displayed effective...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 170b2943-376d-5c88-9697-ad451feb474e
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.pmpp.2021.101601
