Variation in melon (Cucumis melo) landraces adapted to the humid tropics of southern India

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 225-243

  Fergany, M ^a   Kaur, Balvir ^b   Monforte, A J ^a,c   Pitrat, M ^d   Rys, C ^e   Lecoq, H ^e   Dhillon, N P S ^b   Dhaliwal, S S ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURAL GENOMICS CRAG   (Spain)

^b PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

^d Researches Center of Avignon   (France)

^e INRA   (France)

Author keywords

Cucumis melo; Fungi; Genetic variation; Insect; Landraces; Microsatellite; Resistance; Taxonomic relationships; Virus

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; APHID; CAROTENOID; DICOTYLEDON; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RESOURCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMPLASM; HUMID TROPICS; LEAFMINER; TAXONOMY; VIRUS;

INDIA;

AGROMYZIDAE; APHIS GOSSYPII; CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; ERYSIPHALES; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; HEXAPODA; ZUCCHINI YELLOW MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 79954417017     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-010-9564-6     Document Type: Article

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