Comparison of Capsicum annuum and C. pubescens for antixenosis as a means of aphid resistance

HortScience

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1017-1018

  Bosland, Paul W ^a   Ellington, John J ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chile; insect; Myzus; pepper; vegetable breeding

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM PUBESCENS; INSECTA; MYZUS; MYZUS PERSICAE; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0030467104     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.31.6.1017     Document Type: Article

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