Growth and yield of grafted cucumbers in soil infested with root-knot nematodes

Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-34

  Ban, Smiljana Goreta ^a   Žanić, Katja ^a   Dumičić, Gvozden ^a   Raspudić, Emilija ^b   Selak, Gabriela Vuletin ^a   Ban, Dean ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADRIATIC CROPS AND KARST RECLAMATION   (Croatia)

^b JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^c INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE AND TOURISM   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cucumis sativus; Fruit quality; Gall; Greenhouse; Meloidogyne spp.; Rootstocks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901660844     PISSN: 07185820     EISSN: 07185839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392014000100005     Document Type: Article

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