Heterosis and combining ability for resistance to powdery mildew in adult melon plants

Plant Breeding

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 383-387

  Shashikumar, Kadanapuradadoddi T ^a   Pitchaimuthu, Mottaiyan ^b   Kumar, Doddegowda P ^a   Rawal, Ram D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Adult plant resistance; Combining ability; Cucumis melo; Heterosis; Melon; Podosphaera xanthii; Powdery mildew

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; ERYSIPHALES; PODOSPHAERA XANTHII;

EID: 79957914793     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2010.01798.x     Document Type: Article

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