Susceptibility of southern highbush blueberry cultivars to Botryosphaeria stem blight

Small Fruits Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 193-201

  Smith, Barbara J ^a  

^a USDA Small Fruit Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Vaccinium ashei Reade; Vaccinium corymbosum L.

Indexed keywords

BOTRYOSPHAERIA; BOTRYOSPHAERIA DOTHIDEA; DOTHIDEA; FUNGI; MAGNOLIA; MAGNOLIACEAE; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM; VACCINIUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 6344222276     PISSN: 15228851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J301v03n01_19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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