During the winter of 2018, leaf blight on florist's daisy ( L.) was noticed in Egypt. The disease, which was identified as caused by , was widely spread and led to serious damage for the exportation sector of this crop.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFL. is one of the most important commercial cut flowers worldwide. The plant is sterile and propagated mainly by culture techniques.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStrawberry production presents special challenges due the plants' shallow roots. The rooting stage of strawberry is a crucial period in the production of this important crop. Several amendments have been applied to support the growth and production of strawberry, particularly fertilizers, to overcome rooting problems.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBacterial wilt caused by is one of the most economically and destructive eggplant diseases in many tropical and subtropical areas of the world. The objectives of this study were to develop interspecific hybrids, as potential rootstocks, between the eggplant () bacterial wilt resistant line EG203 and four wild accessions ( UPV1, UPV2, UPV3, and UPV4), and to evaluate interspecific hybrids along with parents for resistance to bacterial wilt strains Pss97 and Pss2016. EG203 was crossed successfully with wild accessions UPV2 and UPV3 and produced viable seeds that germinated when wild accessions were used as a maternal parent in the crosses.
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