Fusarium wilt of banana in Uganda, with special emphasis on wilt-like symptoms observed on East African highland cooking cultivars (Musa spp., AAA)

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 540, Issue , 2000, Pages 343-353

  Kangire, Africano ^a   Karamura, Eldad B ^a   Gold, Cliff ^b   Rutherford, Mike A ^c  

^a Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute   (Uganda)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^c IMI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense; Fusarium pallidoroseum; Panama disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879548051     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.540.40     Document Type: Conference Paper

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