High potassium, calcium, and nitrogen application reduce susceptibility to banana Xanthomonas wilt caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum

Plant Disease

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 123-130

  Atim, Margaret ^a,b   Beed, Fen ^c   Tusiime, Geoffrey ^d   Tripathi, Leena ^e   van Asten, Piet ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^b National Crops Resources Research Institute   (Uganda)

^c International Institute of Tropical Agriculture   (Uganda)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 84871218784     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-07-12-0646-RE     Document Type: Article

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