Resistance in germplasm of Cucurbita pepo to silverleaf, a disorder associated with Bemisia argentifolii (homoptera: Aleyrodidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 206-221

  Mcauslane, Heather J ^a   Webb, Susan E ^b   Elmstrom, Gary W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Pioneer Vegetable Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Plant resistance; silverleaf disorder; squash; tolerance; zucchini

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII; CUCURBITA ECUADORENSIS; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA; CUCURBITA OKEECHOBEENSIS SUBSP. MARTINEZII; CUCURBITA PEPO; CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO; HEMIPTERA; PEPO;

EID: 0029912859     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3495818     Document Type: Article

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