Analysis of diversity in Pythium aphanidermatum populations from a single greenhouse reveals phenotypic and genotypic changes over 2006 to 2011

Plant Disease

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 852-858

  Al Sadi, A M ^a   Al Ghaithi, A G ^a   Al Balushi, Z M ^a   Al Jabri, A H ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM APHANIDERMATUM;

EID: 84930476626     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-07-11-0624     Document Type: Article

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