The banana burrowing nematode, Radopholus similis (Cobb) Thorne, in the Lake Victoria region of East Africa: Its introduction, spread and impact

Nematology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 801-817

  Price, Nigel S ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmopolites sordidus; Diseases; Musa; Pests; Planting material; Quarantine; Survey; Toppling; Weevil

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; CROP DAMAGE; CROP YIELD; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FRUIT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MONOCOTYLEDON; NEMATODE; PATHOGEN; SURVEYING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

COSMOPOLITES SORDIDUS; MUSA; RADOPHOLUS SIMILIS;

EID: 34548009549     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: 15685411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854106779799240     Document Type: Review

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