March
2013
, Volume
97
, Number
3
Pages
296
-
306
Authors
W. E.
Fry
,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
;
M. T.
McGrath
,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
;
A.
Seaman
,
Geneva, NY
;
T. A.
Zitter
,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
;
A.
McLeod
,
University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
;
G.
Danies
,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
;
I. M.
Small
,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
;
K.
Myers
,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
;
K.
Everts
,
University of Maryland, Salisbury
;
A. J.
Gevens
,
University of Wisconsin, Madison
;
B. K.
Gugino
,
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
;
S. B.
Johnson
,
University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Presque Isle
;
H.
Judelson
,
University of California, Riverside
;
J.
Ristaino
,
North Carolina State University, Raleigh
;
P.
Roberts
,
University of Florida, Immokalee
;
G.
Secor
,
North Dakota State University, Fargo
;
K.
Seebold
,
Jr.
,
University of Kentucky, Lexington
;
K.
Snover-Clift
,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
;
A.
Wyenandt
,
Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Bridgeton, NJ
;
N. J.
Grünwald
,
USDA-ARS, Horticultural Crops Research Unit
; and
C. D.
Smart
,
Cornell University, Geneva, NY
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