Wet seed treatments for the control of bacterial fruit blotch of watermelon

Plant Disease

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 529-532

  Hopkins, D L ^a   Cucuzza, J D ^b   Watterson, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Petoseed Co Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidovorax avenue subsp. citrulli; Citrullus lanatus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002682303     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-80-0529     Document Type: Article

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