Grafting cucumber seedlings on Cucurbita spp.: Comparison of different grafting methods, scions and their performance

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4 PART 2, 2010, Pages 804-809

  Cansev, Asuman ^a   Ozgur, Mehmet ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cucumis sativus; Grafting methods; Meloidogyne incognita; Rootstocks; Vegetable grafting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; CUCUMBER; CULTIVAR; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GRAFTING; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT YIELD; RHIZOME; SCION; SEEDLING; SOIL POLLUTION; SQUASH; TILLAGE; GREENHOUSE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT SEED;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; CUCURBITA MAXIMA X CUCURBITA MOSCHATA; MELOIDOGYNE; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA;

EID: 78751665340     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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