Screening for resistance to pythium root rot among twenty-three caladium cultivars

HortTechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 631-634

  Deng, Zhanao ^a   Harbaugh, Brent K ^a   Kelly, Rick O ^a   Seijo, Teresa ^a   McGovern, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Araceae; Caladium x hortulanum; Disease resistance; Resistant cultivar

Indexed keywords

ARACEAE; CALADIUM; CALADIUM HORTULANUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM MYRIOTYLUM; TUBER (GENUS);

EID: 21244503099     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.15.3.0631     Document Type: Article

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