Effect of Aspergillus niger on shoot emergence and vine development in field-sown yams (Dioscorea spp.) and rot development under long-term storage conditions

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-100

  Otusanya, M O ^a   Jeger, M J ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; INSECTA; DIOSCOREA ESCULENTA; DIOSCOREA ROTUNDATA; DIOSCOREAECEAE;

CULTIVATION; EFFECTS; FUNGICIDES; INSECT CONTROL; TISSUE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; DIOSCOREA; INFECTION; PERIDERM; ROT DEVELOPMENT; SHOOT EMERGENCE; TUBER; VINE DEVELOPMENT; YAMS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FUNGAL PATHOGEN; ROOT DEVELOPMENT; SHOOT EMERGENCE; VINE DEVELOPMENT; YAM;

EID: 0030232640     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-8305(96)00030-3     Document Type: Article

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