Pathogenicity and aggressiveness of Fusarium oxysporum Schl. in bottle gourd and bitter gourd

Plant Protection Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 51-58

  Cumagun, Christian Joseph Rili ^a   Aguirre, Jelmer Abejuela ^b   Relevante, Cherry Apin ^c   Balatero, Conrado Hubay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^b Bureau of Plant Industry   (Philippines)

^c East West Seed Company   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Bitter gourd; Bottle gourd; Fusarium oxysporum; Lagenaria ciceraria; Momordica charantia Linn; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; LAGENARIA; LAGENARIA SICERARIA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA;

EID: 77953546968     PISSN: 12122580     EISSN: 18059341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/18/2009-pps     Document Type: Article

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