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Identifying Resistance to Powdery Mildew Race 2W in the USDA-ARS Watermelon Germplasm Collection
2010-05-01
Abstract excerpt
Powdery mildew caused by Podosphaera xanthii has recently become an important disease of watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai] in the United States. The disease can be controlled with fungicides, but it would be more economical and environmentally safe to use genetic resistance. Here, we report sources of resistance to powdery mildew race 2W identified in the evaluation of the entire U.S. waterme...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 4700dd4d-20d7-58e4-8d6e-380f857bc726
- DOI
- 10.2135/cropsci2009.03.0135
