Grafting: An environmentally friendly technique to overcome soil-borne diseases and improve the out of season production of watermelon, cucumber and melon

Horticulture in the 21st Century

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 81-120

  Bletsos, Fotios A ^a,b   Passam, Harold C ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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