Management of Fusarium wilt of banana: A review with special reference to tropical race 4

Crop Protection

Volumn 73, Issue , 2015, Pages 7-15

  Ploetz, Randy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Banana; Cavendish subgroup; Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense; Musa spp.; Panama disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939995887     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2015.01.007     Document Type: Article

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