Spatial distribution of nematode population densities and nematode damage in roots of three banana cultivars in Uganda

Nematropica

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-31

  Talwana, H A L ^a   Speijer, P R ^a   De Waele, D ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^b LABORATORY OF GENE TECHNOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

East African highland bananas; Helicotylenchus multicinctus; Meloidogyne spp.; Nematode damage; Pratylenchus goodeyi; Radopholus similis; Root necrosis; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034399965     PISSN: 00995444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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