Direct delivery of inoculum to shoot tissue interferes with genotypic resistance to ralstonia solanacearum in tomato seedlings

Journal of Phytopathology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 320-323

  Thomas, Pious ^a   Sadashiva, Avverahally T ^a   Upreti, Reshmi ^a   Mujawar, Mohammed M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial wilt; Disease resistance; Petiole inoculation; Protray screening; Ralstonia solanacearum; Resistance break down; Screening methodology; Solanum lycopersicum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BREEDING; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENOTYPE; INOCULATION; ROOT SYSTEM; SEEDLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

EID: 84924309962     PISSN: 09311785     EISSN: 14390434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jph.12281     Document Type: Article

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