Article
Screening a variable germplasm collection of Cucumis melo L. for seedling resistance to Macrophomina phaseolina
2015-11-01
Abstract excerpt
We evaluate the seedling resistance to charcoal rot caused by Macrophomina phaseolina in ninety-seven Cucumis melo accessions, from different geographical origins and five F1 generations, derived from crosses of five accessions selected for their resistance. Artificial inoculations with the toothpick method, previously reported to be useful for predicting shoot resistance, were performed, and plants were scored us...
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- Literature Corpus work
- d0c88d24-54e7-5b26-8b45-02aaf32c0f2e
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10681-015-1452-x
