Survival, flowering and productivity of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) cultivars in inter-generic grafting on nematoderesistant Cucumis seedling rootstocks in Meloidogyne-infested fields

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-222

  Pofu, Kgabo ^a   Mashela, Phatu ^a   De Waele, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Citrullus lanatus; Cucumis species; Inter generic grafting; Nematode management; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS AFRICANUS; CUCUMIS MYRIOCARPUS; MELOIDOGYNE;

EID: 84858308418     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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