Ergosterol analyses of oil palm seedlings and plants infected with Ganoderma

Crop Protection

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1438-1442

  Mohd As'wad, A W ^a   Sariah, M ^a   Paterson, R R M ^b   Zainal Abidin, M A ^a   Lima, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Ergosterol; Ganoderma boninense; Oil palm

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLONIZATION; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERGOSTEROL; EVERGREEN TREE; FUNGAL DISEASE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEEDLING; SUBSTRATE; SYMPTOM; VEGETABLE OIL;

ELAEIS; FUNGI; GANODERMA; GANODERMA BONINENSE;

EID: 80052966206     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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