Root-knot nematode resistance, yield, and fruit quality of specialty melons grafted onto cucumis metulifer

HortScience

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1046-1051

  Guan, Wenjing ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a   Dickson, Donald W ^a   Mendes, Maria L ^a   Thies, Judy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 84940300427     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.49.8.1046     Document Type: Article

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