Grafting for root-knot nematode control and yield improvement in organic heirloom tomato production

HortScience

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 614-620

  Barrett, Charles E ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a   Mcsorley, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Meloidogyne spp.; Root galling; Rootstock; S. habrochaites; S. lycopersicum ; Scion; Solanumlycopersicum

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MELOIDOGYNE; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; NEMATODA;

EID: 84862257117     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.47.5.614     Document Type: Article

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