Crown gall can spread between walnut trees in nurseries and reduce future yields

California Agriculture

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 111-115

  Epstein, Lynn ^a   Kaur, Sukhwinder ^a   McKenna, James R ^a,b   Grant, Joseph A ^c   Olson, William H ^d   Reil, Wilbur O ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE)   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); JUGLANS; JUGLANS HINDSII;

EID: 77957297238     PISSN: 00080845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3733/ca.v062n03p111     Document Type: Article

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