Seed transmission of Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli in cucurbits

HortScience

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 924-926

  Hopkins, D L ^a   Thompson, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial fruit blotch; Citrullus lanatus; Seedborne bacterium

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; BACTERIA; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SEED;

SEED TRANSMISSIONS;

FRUITS;

ACIDOVORAX; ACIDOVORAX AVENAE; ACIDOVORAX AVENAE SUBSP. CITRULLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO; JUGLANS CINEREA;

EID: 0036773798     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.37.6.924     Document Type: Article

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