The role of phenolics in the interaction between oil palm and Ganoderma boninense the casual agent of basal stem rot

Basal Stem Rot (BSR) of oil palm (EIaeis guineensis) is caused by Ganoderma boninense, and is one of the most commercially devastating diseases in South East Asia. It can kill more than 80 percent of stands by the time they are halfway through their normal economic life. High incidence of BSR result...

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Main Author: Chong, Khim Phin
Published: University of Nottingham 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.537652