Saving abaca from the onslaught of the bunchy-top disease

Bunchy-top, caused by a virus which is transmitted by the aphid vector Pentalonia nigronervosa Coq., is the most destructive disease of abaca. Epidemics of the disease have devastated many abaca plantations in the Bicol Region of the Philippines for more than a half-century. The disease can be contr...

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Publicado en:Philippine Agricultural Scientist, The (Formerly the Philippine Agriculturist) Vol. 83, no. 4 (Oct. 2000 - Dec. 2000), 379-385
Autor principal: Raymundo, Avelino D.
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2000
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