Management of Fusarium Wilt in Bananas Intercroppped with Chinese Leeks
2011-12-01
Fusarium wilt, caused by fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (or simply Foc), is a disease that threatens banana production worldwide. From the 1950s to 1960s, Foc race 1 devastated the Central American and Caribbean banana plantations that grew the ‘Gros Michel’ variety. This made the farmers switch to theContinue Reading