Fungus on the move
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.
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
2001
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46223 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99597 |
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