Fruit rots of pumpkin: A serious threat to the pumpkin industry

Plant Disease

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 772-782

  Babadoost, Mohammad ^a   Zitter, Thomas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 68849125192     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-93-8-0772     Document Type: Article

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