Muscatine Island Research and Demonstration Farm

Scaling-up Row Covers for Management of Bacterial Wilt of Muskmelon

Authors: Zachary Torres (Iowa State University) , Jean C. Batzer (Iowa State University) , Mark L. Gleason (Iowa State University)

  • Scaling-up Row Covers for Management of Bacterial Wilt of Muskmelon

    Muscatine Island Research and Demonstration Farm

    Scaling-up Row Covers for Management of Bacterial Wilt of Muskmelon

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Abstract

Row covers are an effective tool in protecting muskmelons from early season frosts, wind damage, fungal diseases, and cucumber beetles, which transmit bacterial wilt caused by Erwinia tracheiphila.

Keywords: RFR A1207, Plant Pathology and Microbiology

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Torres, Z., Batzer, J. C. & Gleason, M. L., (2013) “Scaling-up Row Covers for Management of Bacterial Wilt of Muskmelon”, Iowa State University Research and Demonstration Farms Progress Reports 2012(1).

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01 Jan 2013
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