Characterization of benomyl resistance in Mycosphaerella fijiensis, cause of black sigatoka of banana, in Costa Rica

Plant Disease

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 931-934

  Romero, Ronald A ^a,b   Sutton, Turner B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chiquita Brands International   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANANA; BENOMYL; BLACK SIGATOKA; CHARACTERIZATION; COSTA RICA; DETECTION; DISEASE DETECTION; INOCULATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT;

MYCOSPHAERELLA FIJIENSIS;

EID: 0031851233     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.1998.82.8.931     Document Type: Article

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