Towards consensus on the transfer of Fusarium oxysporum V5w2-enhanced tissue culture banana technology to farmers through public-private partnerships in East Africa

Nonpathogenic strains of Fusarium oxysporum are promising weapons in the endophytic biological control warfare against various banana pests, especially the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus and the root endoparasitic nematodes Pratylenchus goodeyi and Radopholus similis. The fungal endophytes are...

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Main Author: Dennis M.W. Ochieno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:Scientific African
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468227620303422