Yields and disease resistance of fall-harvested transgenic and conventional summer squash in Kentucky

HortTechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 282-288

  Rowell, Brent ^a   Nesmith, William ^a   Snyder, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Coat protein; Cucurbita pepo; Downy mildew; Erysiphe cichoracearum; Papaya ringspot virus; Powdery mildew; Precocious yellow; Pseudoperonospora cubensis; Sphaerotheca fuliginea; Watermelon mosaic virus; Yellow squash; Zucchini; Zucchini yellow mosaic virus

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HYBRID; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DETECTION; WATERMELON MOSAIC VIRUS;

CARICA PAPAYA; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCURBITA PEPO; CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO; ERYSIPHALES; ERYSIPHE; GOLOVINOMYCES CICHORACEARUM; PAPAYA RINGSPOT VIRUS; PEPO; PERONOSPORA FARINOSA; PODOSPHAERA FULIGINEA; PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS; WATERMELON MOSAIC VIRUS; ZUCCHINI YELLOW MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0032937695     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.9.2.282     Document Type: Article

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