Xanthomonas wilt: A threat to banana production in East and Central Africa

Plant Disease

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 440-451

  Tripathi, Leena ^a   Mwangi, Maina ^a   Abele, Steffen ^b   Aritua, Valentine ^c   Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce Kateera ^c   Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^b International Institute of Tropical Agriculture   (Tanzania)

^c National Agricultural Research Organization   (Uganda)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 67049100581     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-93-5-0440     Document Type: Article

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