Role of blossoms in watermelon seed infestation by Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli

Phytopathology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 528-534

  Walcott, R R ^a   Gitaitis, R D ^b   Castro, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrullus lanatus; Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes subsp. citrulli; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ACIDOVORAX; ACIDOVORAX AVENAE; ACIDOVORAX AVENAE SUBSP. CITRULLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRULLUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; PANTOEA ANANATIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES;

EID: 0242417114     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.2003.93.5.528     Document Type: Article

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