Recent advances in the control of crown rot of banana in the Windward Islands

Crop Protection

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 151-159

  Krauss, Ulrike ^a,b   Johanson, Andrea ^a,b  

^a Windward Isl Banana Devmt E   (Saint Lucia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banana; Biological control; Colletotrichum; Crown rot; Fungicides; Musa; Post harvest disease; Windward Islands

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGICIDE;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; WINDWARD ISLANDS;

MUSA;

EID: 0034117714     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(99)00097-6     Document Type: Review

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