A novel, integrated method for management of witches' broom disease in Cacao in Bahia, Brazil

Crop Protection

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 704-711

  Medeiros, F H V ^a   Pomella, A W V ^a   de Souza, J T ^b   Niella, G R ^b   Valle, R ^b   Bateman, R P ^c   Fravel, D ^d   Vinyard, B ^d   Hebbar, P K ^e  

^a Almirante Cacau Agrícola Comércio e Exportação Ltda   (Brazil)

^b CEPLAC/CEPEC   (Brazil)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Integrated management; Mycoparasites; Tricoderma

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; EVERGREEN TREE; FUNGAL DISEASE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LEGUME;

BAHIA; BRAZIL;

FUNGI; MONILIOPHTHORA; THEOBROMA CACAO; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA STROMATICUM;

EID: 77954860111     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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