Heritability of resistance to verticillium wilt in alfalfa

Plant Disease

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 314-318

  Vandemark, George J ^a   Larsen, Richard C ^a   Hughes, Teresa J ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

DISEASE SEVERITY INDEX; HALF-SIB PROGENY; PATHOGENICITY; VERTICILLIUM WILT;

DISEASE CONTROL;

AFFINITY; ALFALFA; DISEASES; FORAGE; GREENHOUSES; HERITABILITY; PATHOGENS; PLANTS; RESISTANCE; VARIETIES; WILTING;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; VERTICILLIUM ALBO-ATRUM;

EID: 33644684936     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0314     Document Type: Article

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