Improved plant health through biological enhancement of banana planting material with mutualistic endophytes

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 540, Issue , 2000, Pages 409-413

  Sikora, Richard A ^a   Schuster, Ralf Peter ^a   Griesbach, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Banana weevil; Bananas; Fungal endophytes; Nematodes; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961046159     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.540.45     Document Type: Conference Paper

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