Aetiology of yam (Dioscorea rotundata) tuber rots held in traditional stores in Nigeria: Importance of Fusarium spp. and yam beetle

Microbiological Research

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 293-298

  Acholo, M ^a   Morse, S ^b   Macnamara, N ^a   Flegg, L ^c   Oliver, R P ^c,d  

^a Diocesan Development Services   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Botrydiplodia theobromae; Heteroligus meles; ITK survey

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA ROTUNDATA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MELES;

EID: 0031239726     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-5013(97)80043-2     Document Type: Article

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