Recolonisation by nematodes of hot water treated cooking banana planting material in Uganda

Nematology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 215-221

  Elsen, Annemie ^a   Goossens, Ben ^a   Belpaire, Barbara ^a   Neyens, Annemie ^a   Speijer, Paul ^b   De Waele, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

East African highland bananas; Helicotylenchus multicinctus; On farm trial; Participatory research; Pratylenchus goodeyi; Radopholus similis

Indexed keywords

NEMATODE; PEST CONTROL; PEST DAMAGE; PLANTATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

CATOSTOMIDAE; HELICOTYLENCHUS; HELICOTYLENCHUS MULTICINCTUS; MUSA; NEMATODA; PRATYLENCHUS; RADOPHOLUS SIMILIS;

EID: 3843152682     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568541041217997     Document Type: Article

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