Bacterial fruit blotch of melon: Screens for disease tolerance and role of seed transmission in pathogenicity

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-83

  Bahar, Ofir ^a   Kritzman, Giora ^b   Burdman, Saul ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acidovorax; Citrulli; Cucumis melo; Seed transmission

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIOASSAY; CULTIVAR; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRUIT; INOCULATION; PATHOGENICITY;

ACIDOVORAX; ACIDOVORAX AVENAE SUBSP. CITRULLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 57449108152     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-008-9345-7     Document Type: Article

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