Fire blight resistance in various loquat, apple and pear cultivars and selections in Greece

Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 227-232

  Tsiantos, J ^a   Psallidas, P ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breeding; Erwinia amylovora; Pomoideae; Screening for resistance

Indexed keywords

ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA; ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 12144261083     PISSN: 11254653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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