Effect of meloidogyne incognita and fusarium solani on the growth and yield of three tomato cultivars

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 635, Issue , 2004, Pages 175-182

  Yeboah, M A ^a   Opoku Asiamah, Y ^b  

^a Savanna Agricultural Research Institute   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Disease complex; Egg masses; Fungus; Nematodes; Root galling; Wilting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866245798     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.635.22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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