Differences in resistance in onion cultivars to pink root rot disease in Iran

Journal of General Plant Pathology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-52

  Nasr Esfahani, M ^a   Ansari Pour, B ^a  

^a Isfahan Research Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources   (Iran)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Phoma terrestris; Pyrenochaeta terrestris; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; PHOMA TERRESTRIS; PYRENOCHAETA TERRESTRIS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 38649092730     PISSN: 13452630     EISSN: 1610739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10327-007-0070-4     Document Type: Article

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