Mature watermelon vine decline: Suppression with fumigants of a soil-borne problem and association with Rhizopycnis vagum

Crop Protection

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-117

  Westphal, Andreas ^a   Xing, Lijuan ^b   Goodwin, Stephen B ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fumigation; Meloidogyne spp.; Rhizopycnis vagum; Soil borne disorder; Vine decline; Watermelon disease

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; ETIOLOGY; FUMIGANT; FUMIGATION; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; METHYL BROMIDE; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; VINE;

INDIANA; UNITED STATES;

CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; FUNGI; MELOIDOGYNE; RHIZOPYCNIS VAGUM;

EID: 78650725625     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2010.11.014     Document Type: Article

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