Effects of Meloidogyne incognita on growth and storage-root formation of cassava (Manihot esculenta)

Journal of Nematology

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2000, Pages 475-477

  Makumbi Kidza, N N ^a,b   Speijer, P R ^a   Sikora, R A ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cassava; Galling index; Manihot esculenta; Meloidogyne incognita; Nematode; Pathogenicity; Storage root formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034336913     PISSN: 0022300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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