Shading of plants facilitates selection for powdery mildew resistance in Squash

Euphytica

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-292

  Leibovich, Gad ^a   Cohen, Ron ^a   Paris, Harry S ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cucurbita pepo; disease resistance; powdery mildew; Sphaerotheca fuliginea; squash

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITA PEPO; ERYSIPHALES; PEPO; PODOSPHAERA FULIGINEA;

EID: 0029804060     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00027478     Document Type: Article

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