Screening melon (Cucumis melo) for resistance to gummy stem blight in the greenhouse and field

HortScience

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 117-121

  Zhang, Yiping ^a   Kyle, Molly ^a   Anagnostou, Konstantinos ^a   Zitter, Thomas A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucurbitaceae; disease resistance; Phoma cucurbitacearum; vegetable breeding

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; DIDYMELLA BRYONIAE; FUNGI; MELO; PHOMA;

EID: 0030950741     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.32.1.117     Document Type: Article

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