Diseases and other banana health problems in tropical Africa

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 540, Issue , 2000, Pages 311-317

  Stover, R H ^a  

^a Tela Railroad Co   (Honduras)

Author keywords

Black sigatoka; Cladosporium Musae; Cosmopolites; Fusarial wilt; Nematode root rot; Plantains; Viruses; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548019539     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.540.36     Document Type: Conference Paper

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