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Selected References

Cohen, R., S. Pivonia, Y. Burger, M. Edelstein, A. Gamliel, and J. Katan, J. 2000. Toward integrated management of Monosporascus wilt of melons in Israel. Plant Dis. 84:496-505.

Martyn, R. D. and M.E. Miller. 1996. Monosporascus root rot/vine decline: An emerging disease of melons worldwide. Plant Dis. 80:716-725.

Martyn, R. D. and M.E. Miller. 1996. Monosporascus root rot/vine decline of muskmelon and watermelon. Pages 18-19. in: T. A. Zitter, D. A. Hopkins, and C. E. Thomas (eds.), Compendium of Cucurbit Diseases, APS Press, St. Paul, MN.

Pollack, F. G., and F.A. Uecker. 1974. Monosporascus cannonballus, an unusual Ascomycete in cantaloupe roots. Mycologia 66:346-349.

Stanghellini, M. E., D.H. Kim, and S.L. Rasmussen. 1996. Ascospores of Monosporascus cannonballus: Germination and distribution in cultivated and desert soils in Arizona. Phytopathology 86:509-514.

Wolff, D. W., and M.E. Miller. 1998. Tolerance to Monosporascus root rot and vine decline in melon (Cucumis melo L.) germplasm. HortScience 33:287-290.