Screening method for polygenic scab resistance within an apple breeding programme: Relationship between early greenhouse screening test on young seedlings and their scab susceptibility in natural field conditions

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 663, Issue , 2004, Pages 793-798

  Lefrancq, B ^a   Lateur, M ^a   Rondia, A ^a  

^a WALLOON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Artificial inoculation; Breeding; Early scab screening; Malus x domestica; Venturia inaequalis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350128103     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.663.143     Document Type: Conference Paper

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