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

Zachary Torres; Jean C. Batzer; Mark L. Gleason

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)

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

How to Cite: 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).