Relationship of developmental stage of cantaloupe fruit to black rot susceptibility and enzyme production by Didymella bryoniae

Plant Disease

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1025-1032

  Zhang, J X ^a   Bruton, B D ^a   Miller, M E ^b   Isakeit, T ^b  

^a USDA ARS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucumis melo var. cantaloupensis; Fruit rot; Pectolytic enzymes

Indexed keywords

CANTALOUPE; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; INOCULATION; ISOENZYME; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PECTIN; PH; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PATHOLOGY; POLYGALACTURONASE; POLYGALACTURONIC ACID;

CUCUMIS MELO; DIDYMELLA BRYONIAE; FUNGI; MELO;

EID: 0032740839     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.1999.83.11.1025     Document Type: Article

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