Etiology of leaf chlorosis and deterioration of the fruit interior of watermelon plants

Journal of Phytopathology

Volumn 152, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 580-588

  Boubourakas, I N ^a   Hatziloukas, E ^a,b   Antignus, Y ^a,c   Katis, N I ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Tobamovirus; Watermelon; Weed hosts

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; FRUIT; HOST SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; VIRAL DISEASE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS BLITOIDES; AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMBER GREEN MOTTLE MOSAIC VIRUS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; HELIOTROPIUM; HELIOTROPIUM EUROPAEUM; PORTULACA; PORTULACA OLERACEA; PORTULACACEAE; SOLANUM; SOLANUM NIGRUM; TOBAMOVIRUS;

EID: 7744228013     PISSN: 09311785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2004.00900.x     Document Type: Article

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