Various approaches toward controlling sudden wilt of melons in Israel

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 510, Issue , 2000, Pages 143-147

  Cohen, Ron ^a   Pivonia, Shimon ^b   Burger, Yosef ^a   Edelstein, Menahem ^a   Gamliel, Abraham ^a   Katan, Jaacov ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b Northern and Central Arava Tamar   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breeding; Fungicides; Grafting; Integrated management; Resistance; Solarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012509952     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2000.510.24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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