Laboratory evaluation of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) resistance to sclerotinia rot

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-39

  Wright, P J ^a   Lewthwaite, S L ^a   Triggs, C M ^b   Broadhurst, P G ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cultivars; Disease resistance; Ipomoea batatas; Pink rot; Sclerotinia rot; Sclerotinia sclerotiorum; Sweetpotato

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNGAL DISEASE;

FUNGI; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SCLEROTINIA; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0037965231     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.2003.9514233     Document Type: Article

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