Toward breeding for resistance to fusarium tuber rot in caladium: Inoculation technique and sources of resistance

HortScience

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1135-1139

  Goktepe, Fahrettin ^a   Seijo, Teresa ^a   Deng, Zhanao ^a   Harbaugh, Brent K ^a   Peres, Natalia A ^a   McGovern, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Araceae; Caladium xhortulanum; Disease resistance; Fusarium solani; Resistance breeding

Indexed keywords

ARACEAE; CALADIUM; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 34447621234     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.42.5.1135     Document Type: Article

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