Article
Basidiospores as sources of inoculum in the spread of Ganoderma boninense in oil palm plantations in Papua New Guinea
2018-12-01
Abstract excerpt
Basal and upper stem rot of oil palm is caused by the agaricomycete Ganoderma boninense. This study investigated the transmission of basal stem rot from Ganoderma‐infected oil palm stumps to young oil palm seedlings. Low seedling mortalities (2.5%) were observed in a field trial after 24 months, but G. boninense could be detected in the rachis, bole and roots of a significant proportion of seedlings that were outw...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 75ab2e6c-745e-5a83-a0b4-c07254b344cd
- DOI
- 10.1111/ppa.12915
