Evaluation of pumpkin cultivars for powdery and downy mildew resistance, virus tolerance, and yield

HortScience

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 281-285

  Keinath, Anthony P ^a   DuBose, Virginia B ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucurbita maxima; Cucurbita pepo; Papaya ringspot virus; Pseudoperonospora cubensis; Sphaerotheca fuliginea; Watermelon mosaic virus; Zucchini yellow mosaic virus

Indexed keywords

CULTIGEN; CULTIVAR; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DOWNY MILDEW; FRUIT; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL INFECTION; POWDERY MILDEW; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; YIELD;

ANIMALIA; CARICA PAPAYA; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; CUCURBITA PEPO; CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO; ERYSIPHALES; PAPAYA RINGSPOT VIRUS; PEPO; PERONOSPORA FARINOSA; PODOSPHAERA FULIGINEA; PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS; PSEUDOPERONOSPOYA; PSEUDOPERONOSPOYA CUBENSIS; SPHAEROTHECA FULIGINEA; WATERMELON MOSAIC VIRUS; ZUCCHINI YELLOW MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0034000179     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.35.2.281     Document Type: Article

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