The influence of exposure to ultraviolet radiation in simulated sunlight on ascospores causing Black Sigatoka disease of banana and plantain

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-27

  Parnell, Mark ^a   Burt, Peter J A ^a   Wilson, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne spores; Banana; Dispersal; Mortality; Mycosphaerella fijiensis; Spore; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUSA X PARADISIACA; MYCOSPHAERELLA FIJIENSIS;

EID: 0002595931     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004840050079     Document Type: Article

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