Tropical race 4: Current and future impact on export and subsistence banana production.
Tropical race 4: Current and future impact on export and subsistence banana production.
Author(s): PLOETZ, R.; RODRIGUEZ, M. A. D.; Kema, G.
Summary: Norman Simmonds classified fusarium wilt of banana, caused by F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense (FOC), as one of the most destructive plant diseases. Susceptibility to race 1 of FOCdoomed 'Gros Michel,' the banana cultivar on which the first export trades were based; it was replaced by race 1-resistant Cavendish clones by the 19605.
Publication year: 2011
Types of publication: Abstract in annals or event proceedings
Unit: Embrapa Cassava & Fruits
Keywords: Banana production
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