Control of fusarium wilt of watermelon by grafting onto bottlegourd or interspecific hybrid squash despite colonization of rootstocks by Fusarium

Plant Disease

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 255-266

  Keinath, A P ^a   Hassell, R L ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84891921323     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-01-13-0100-RE     Document Type: Article

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