Charcoal rot (Macrophomina phaseolina) across melon diversity: evaluating the interaction between the pathogen, plant age and environmental conditions as a step towards breeding for resistance

Macrophomina phaseolina is a soil-borne fungal pathogen that incites charcoal rot in more than 500 plant species including melon, Cucumis melo . Disease incidence and severity are affected by host genetic background, plant age, temperature, and water economy. The non-genetic variation in disease sev...

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