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Fungus on the move
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Fungus on the move
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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For the first time bayoud, a devastating and much feared disease in palm trees caused by Fusarium oxysporum albedinis, has cropped up in Tagant in central Mauritania. The fungus has hitherto only occurred in its zones of origin in Morocco and Algeria, where it severely affects date palms. So far, it has destroyed two-thirds of the date palms in Morocco. A redeeming feature of the killer fungus is that different strains are being used successfully in the biological control of striga in cereals in West Africa.
For the first time bayoud, a devastating and much feared disease in palm trees caused by Fusarium oxysporum albedinis, has cropped up in Tagant in central Mauritania. The fungus has hitherto only occurred in its zones of origin in Morocco and... |
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2014-10-16T09:05:56Z
2014-10-16T09:05:56Z 2001 |
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News Item
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CTA. 2001. Fungus on the move. Spore 94. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
1011-0054 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46223 |
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en
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Spore;94
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CTA
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Spore
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