Banana Xanthomonas Wilt Infection: The Role of Debudding and Roguing as Control Options within a Mixed Cultivar Plantation

An optimal control framework is designed in which the use of clean planting materials, debudding, disinfection of tools, and roguing are considered as control measures of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) within a plantation of multiple cultivars. A model for a special case of two cultivars (AAA- and AB...

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Main Authors: Juliet Nakakawa, Joseph Y. T. Mugisha, Michael W. Shaw, William Tinzaara, Eldad Karamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4865015