Screening for Muskmelon Resistance to a Pathogenic Strain of Myrothecium roridum Using Detached Leaves

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 9:58-59 (article 17) 1986 Kuti, J., T.J. Ng and G.A. Bean University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 Introduction. Myrothecium roridum Tode ex Fries can be a serious pathogen to muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) (1,3). Genetic resistance to M. roridum can be assessed using seed germination and seedling growth tests (2); […]

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Effect of Inoculation with Myrothecium roridum Tode ex Fries on Seed Germination and Early Seedling Growth of 12 Cultivars of Muskmelon (Cucumis melo)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 8:44-45 (Article 17) 1985 Kuti, J., T. J. Ng, and G. A. Bean University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 U.S.A. Myrothecium roridum Tode ex Fries, a common soil fungus that produces mycotoxins, has been reported to be pathogenic to several plant species. McLean and Sleeth (4) reported that symptoms of […]

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