Phytophthora melonis associated with fruit and vine rot disease of pointed gourd in India as revealed by RFLP and sequencing of ITS region

Journal of Phytopathology

Volumn 154, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 612-615

  Guharoy, S ^a,b   Bhattacharyya, S ^a   Mukherjee, S K ^a,b   Mandal, N ^a   Khatua, D C ^a  

^a BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

AH015039; Internal Transcriber Spacer restriction fragment length polymorphism; Phytophthora melonis; Pointed gourd; rDNA sequencing

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; FUNGUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PARASITIC DISEASE; POLYMORPHISM; VINE;

CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; MELONIS; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA MELONIS; TRICHOSANTHES DIOICA;

EID: 33748792005     PISSN: 09311785     EISSN: 14390434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2006.01155.x     Document Type: Article

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