Sara Mohammed Mahmoud Abdelfatah

Biomanagement of watermelon mosaic virus-2 and recycling of infected plants / الادارة الحيوية لفيروس موزايك البطيخ-٢ وإعادة تدوير النباتات المصابة Sara Mohammed Mahmoud Abdelfatah ; Supervised Olfat Sayed Mahmoud Barakat , Hanan Mohamed Abdellatief Goda - Cairo : Sara Mohammed Mahmoud Abdelfatah , 2013 - 137 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Agriculture- Department of Agriculture Microbiology

Watermelon has highly nutritional value containing lycopene which is used as an antioxidant. In addition, watermelon contains concentrated sources of fermentable sugars which can be used to produce bioethanol. Watermelon infection with watermelon mosaic virus-2 (WMV-2) causes economic damage reflected mostly as reduction in plant growth, yield losses of more than 38% and so the present study was carried out in two parts



Biotic inducers Watermelon WMV-2