Occurrence of Monosporascus cannonballus in watermelon fields in tunisia and factors associated with ascospore density in soil

Journal of Phytopathology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 137-142

  Boughalleb, Naima ^a   Salem, Ibtissem Ben ^a   Beltrán, Roberto ^b,c   Vicent, Antonio ^b   Sierra, Ana Pérez ^b   Abad Campos, Paloma ^b   García Jiménez, José ^b   Armengol, Josep ^b  

^a Ecole Superieure d'Horticulture et d'Elevage de Chott Mariem   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Citrullus lanatus; Disease incidence; Monosporascus root rot and vine decline; Soilborne diseases

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; ETIOLOGY; FRUIT; FUNGUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROOT ROT; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL BIOTA; SPORULATION; VERTISOL; VINEYARD;

TUNISIA;

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; MONOSPORASCUS; MONOSPORASCUS CANNONBALLUS;

EID: 77949304133     PISSN: 09311785     EISSN: 14390434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2009.01591.x     Document Type: Article

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