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Cantaloupe crown blight study: Observations reveal disease to be severe on all commercial varieties of spring harvested cantaloupes in desert regions
Authors
J. B. KendrickR. T. Wedding
R. A. Kortsen
J. T. Middleton
T. W. Whitaker
G. W. Bohn
A. O. Paulus
Authors Affiliations
J. B. Kendrick, Jr., is Associate Plant Pathologist, University of California, Riverside; R. T. Wedding is Assistant Plant Physiologist, University of California, Riverside; R. A. Kortsen is Farm Advisor, Imperial County, University of California; J. T. Middleton is Plant Pathologist, University of California, Riverside; T. W. Whitaker is Geneticist, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, U.S.D.A., La Jolla; G. W. Bohn is Pathologist, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, U.S.D.A., La Jolla; A. O. Paulus is Extension Plant Pathologist, University of California, Riverside.Publication Information
Hilgardia 11(5):5-6. DOI:10.3733/ca.v011n05p5. May 1957.
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Abstract
The following article is the first of two progress reports on cantaloupe crown blight studies.
Kendrick J, Wedding R, Kortsen R, Middleton J, Whitaker T, Bohn G, Paulus A. 1957. Cantaloupe crown blight study: Observations reveal disease to be severe on all commercial varieties of spring harvested cantaloupes in desert regions. Hilgardia 11(5):5-6. DOI:10.3733/ca.v011n05p5
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