Association of Olpidium bornovanus and Melon necrotic spot virus with vine decline of melon in Guatemala

Plant Disease

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 709-713

  De Cara, M ^a   Lopez V ^a   Cordoba M C ^b   Santos, M ^a   Jorda C ^b   Tello, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acremonium; Collapse; Soil phytopathometry; Sudden wilt

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DISEASE CONTROL; PATHOGENS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACREMONIUM; SOIL PHYTOPATHOMETRY; SUDDEN WILT;

VIRUSES;

CUCUMIS; HYPHOMYCETES; MACROPHOMINA PHASEOLINA; MELON NECROTIC SPOT VIRUS; MONOSPORASCUS CANNONBALLUS; OLPIDIUM BORNOVANUS; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM APHANIDERMATUM; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 44349124616     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-92-5-0709     Document Type: Article

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