Investigation of an outbreak of fusarium foot and fruit rot of pumpkin within the United States

Plant Disease

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1142-1146

  Elmer, Wade H ^a   Covert, Sarah F ^b   O'Donnell, Kerry ^c  

^a Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SEED; SOILS;

FUSARIUM FOOT; PATHOGENICITY ASSAY; PUMPKIN; PUMPKIN SEEDLINGS;

PATHOGENS;

FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; FUSARIUM SP.; HAEMATONECTRIA HAEMATOCOCCA; HAEMATONECTRIA IPOMOEAE; MOROCCAN PEPPER VIRUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34548270479     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-91-9-1142     Document Type: Article

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