Article
Chemical management of Fusarium wilt of watermelon
2014-12-01
Abstract excerpt
Watermelon yield loss due to Fusarium wilt is increasing in the U.S., due in part to the emergence of the virulent race 2 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum, and to the shift in production to triploid cultivars, which generally have less host resistance than previously grown diploid cultivars. One potential management strategy is the use of soil-applied fungicides to reduce Fusarium wilt. The U.S. national progra...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 2f21f62f-e39d-5042-b70b-f95989e8fcf3
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cropro.2014.09.003
