Genetic diversity among Lagenaria siceraria accessions containing resistance to root-knot nematodes, whiteflies, ZYMV or powdery mildew

Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 216-226

  Levi, Amnon ^a   Thies, Judy ^a   Ling, Kai Shu ^a   Simmons, Alvin M ^a   Kousik, Chandrasekar ^a   Hassell, Richard ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottle gourd; Cucurbits; Grafting; Nematodes; Resistance; Rootstocks; SRAP; Whitefly; Zucchini yellow mosaic virus

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA TABACI; CITRULLUS; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; CUCURBITA PEPO; ERYSIPHALES; HEXAPODA; LAGENARIA SICERARIA; MELOIDOGYNE; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; NEMATODA; ZUCCHINI YELLOW MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 75349100794     PISSN: 14792621     EISSN: 1479263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1479262109225354     Document Type: Article

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