Citrus and banana production in Trinidad and Tobago

Persad, C. . Central Experiment Station

Citrus and banana production in Trinidad and Tobago

1987

Persad, C. (Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Food Production, Centeno (Trinidad and Tobago). Central Experiment Station)

A citrus rehabilitation programme is underway to restore abandoned estates through weed control, epiphyte and parasitic phanerogam removal, pruning, fertilization and improved drainage. Phytosanitary methods of control of Moko disease (Pseudomonas solanacearum race 2) and Yellow Sigatoka (Mycosphaerella musicola) of bananas are listed. Virus indexing of citrus cultivars has been initiated and research into tissue culture of banana plants started

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AGROVOC Keywords

agrume banane banano control de enfermedades mycosphaerella pseudomonas

Bibliographic information

Other Subjects

Trinidad y tobago/ higiene; Frutas citricas; Trinite et tobago/ hygiene; Controle de maladies

Language

English

Note

4 tables; 3 ref. *XG

Type

Conference; Non-Conventional

Source

Seminar proceedings: Improving Citrus and Banana Production in the Caribbean through Phytosanitation, Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation, ACP-EEC Convention of Lome, Wageningen (Netherlands); Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute, St. Augustine (Trinidad and Tobago).- Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), [1987]. p. 253-257

Conference

Improving Citrus and Banana Production in the Caribbean through Phytosanitation, (St. Lucia), 2-5 Dec 1986

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