Comparative epidemiology of monosporascus root rot and vine decline in muskmelon, watermelon, and grafted watermelon crops

Plant Disease

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 158-163

  Beltran R ^a   Vicent, A ^a   Garcia Jimenez J ^a   Armengol, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Citrullus lanatus; Cucumis melo; Cucurbita rootstocks; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ASCOSPORES; CITRULLUS LANATUS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCURBITA ROOTSTOCKS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MONOSPORASCUS ROOT ROT; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WATERMELON;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCURBITA; MONOSPORASCUS; MONOSPORASCUS CANNONBALLUS;

EID: 37349063373     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-92-1-0158     Document Type: Article

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