Identification of Indian landraces of opium poppy Papaver somniferum resistant to damping-off and downy mildew fungal diseases

Journal of Phytopathology

Volumn 147, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 535-538

  Bajpai, S ^a   Gupta, M M ^a   Kumar, S ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

Damping off; Downy mildew; Landraces; Opium poppy; Papaver somniferum

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; DISEASE RESISTANCE; MYCOSIS; PLANT DISEASE;

DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; PAPAVER; PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM; PERONOSPORA; PERONOSPORA ARBORESCENS; PERONOSPORA FARINOSA; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM DISSOTOCUM;

EID: 0032702554     PISSN: 09311785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0434.1999.147009535.x     Document Type: Article

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