Race 3, a new and highly virulent race of fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum causing fusarium wilt in watermelon

Plant Disease

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-98

  Zhou, X G ^a   Everts, K L ^b   Bruton, B D ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c USDA ARS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS LANATUS; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUMS; FUSARIUM WILT; GENETIC DIFFERENCES; IN-FIELD; INFESTED SOILS; INOCULATION METHOD; MARYLAND;

SUGAR (SUCROSE);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. NIVEUM;

EID: 75649091126     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-94-1-0092     Document Type: Article

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