Molecular characterization and pathogenicity of Pythium species associated with damping-off in greenhouse cucumber (Cucumis sativus) in Oman

Plant Pathology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 140-149

  Al Sa'di, A M ^a   Drenth, A ^b   Deadman, M L ^a   De Cock, A W A M ^c   Aitken, E A B ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cucumber seedlings; Inter and intraspecific variation; Pythium aphanidermatum; Pythium oligandrum; Pythium spinosum; Pythium splendens

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DAMPING-OFF; FRUIT; FUNGUS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; SEEDLING;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM APHANIDERMATUM; PYTHIUM KUNMINGENSE; PYTHIUM OLIGANDRUM; PYTHIUM SPINOSUM; PYTHIUM SPLENDENS;

EID: 33846293998     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2006.01501.x     Document Type: Article

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