Development of fusarium root and stem rot, a new disease on greenhouse cucumber in British Columbia, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-cucumerinum

Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 349-363

  Punja, Z K ^a   Parker, M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crown rot; Cucumis sativus; Fusarium oxysporum

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CULTIVAR; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GREENHOUSE; INOCULATION; INOCULUM; PLANT AGE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; ROOT ROT; SEEDLING; STEM ROT; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CITRULLUS VULGARIS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA PEPO; FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. CUCUMERINUM; FUSARIUM SP.; LUFFA; LUFFA AEGYPTIACA; LUFFA CYLINDRICA; MELO; PEPO; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0034479952     PISSN: 07060661     EISSN: 17152992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07060660009500453     Document Type: Article

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