Shoot length affects susceptibility to mummy berry blight within highbush blueberry cultivars

HortScience

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 884-887

  Ehlenfeldt, M K ^a   Stretch, A W ^a   Lehman, J S ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease avoidance; Monilinia vaccinii corymbosi; Resistance; Shoot development; Vaccinium corymbosum

Indexed keywords

MONILINIA VACCINII-CORYMBOSI; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 0030814214     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.32.5.884     Document Type: Article

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