Micropropagated bananas are more susceptible to fusarium wilt than plants grown from conventional material

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1133-1139

  Smith, M K ^a   Whiley, A W ^a   Searle, C ^a,b   Langdon, P W ^a   Schaffer, B ^c   Pegg, K G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense; Micropropagation; Musa; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FRUIT; FUNGAL DISEASE;

FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; MUSA;

EID: 0031716797     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/a98013     Document Type: Article

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