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Selected References

Batten, J. S., K-B. Scholthof, B.R. Lovic, M.E. Miller, and R.D. Martyn. 2000. Potential for biocontrol of Monosporascus root rot / vine decline under greenhouse conditions using hypovirulent isolates of Monosporascus cannonballus. European Journal of Plant Pathology 106:639-649.

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.

Egel, D.S., R. Martyn, and C. Gunter. 2008. Planting method, plastic mulch, and fumigation influence growth, yield, and root structure of watermelon. HortScience 43:1410-1414.

Miller, M.E., R.D. Martyn, and B.D. Bruton. 2000. Muskmelon growth and yield in response to fumigation. Acta Horticulturae 510:179-185.

Martyn, R.D. 2007. Late-season vine declines of melons: Pathological, cultural or both? Acta Horticulturae 731:345-356.

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

Dias, R., B. Picó, A. Espinos, and F. Nuez. 2004. Resistance to melon vine decline derived from Cucumis melo ssp. agrestis: Genetic analysis of root structure and root response. Plant Breeding 123:66-72.

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

Radewald, K.C., D.M. Ferrin, and M.E. Stanghellini. 2004. Sanitation practices that inhibit reproduction of Monosporascus cannonballus in melon roots left in the field after crop termination. Plant Pathology 53:660-668.

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.

Waugh, M.M., D.M. Ferrin, and M.E. Stanghellini. 2005. Colonization of cantaloupe roots by Monosporascus cannonballus. Mycological Research 109:1297-1301.