Rate of nematode infestation of clean banana planting material (Musa spp. AAA) in Uganda

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 540, Issue , 2000, Pages 461-467

  Speijer, P R ^a   Gold, C S ^a   Goossens, B ^a   Karamura, E B ^b   Elsen, A ^c   De Waele, D ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^b UNBRP   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

East African highland banana; Helicotylenchus multicinctus; Hot water treatment; Paring; Pratylenchus goodeyi; Radopholus similis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879533316     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.540.52     Document Type: Conference Paper

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