ISHS Acta Horticulturae 53: IV Africa Symposium on Horticultural Crops
HELICOTYLENCHUS DIHYSTERA ASSOCIATED WITH BANANA AND PLANTAIN IN GHANA |
| Authors: | P. Lamptey, S.K. Karikari |
| Abstract:
Nematodes in soil and root samples from two banana and four plantain cultivars were sieved out using Bearman funnel technique. The following three plant parasitic nematodes were identified: Meloidogyne sp., Helicotylenchus multicinctus and Helicotylenchus dihystera. The last one, a nematode hitherto not reported to occur in Ghana was found associated with five of the cultivars. | |
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