Airborne spore loads and mesoscale dispersal of the fungal pathogens causing Sigatoka diseases in banana and plantain

Aerobiologia

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 209-214

  Burt, Peter J A ^a   Rutter, John ^a   Ramirez, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b CATIE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Banana; Fungal pathogens; Mesoscale dispersal; Plantain; Sigatoka diseases

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROP; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

FUNGI; MUSA X PARADISIACA; MYCOSPHAERELLA FIJIENSIS;

EID: 0031795926     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02694208     Document Type: Conference Paper

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