FABI Articles : Diseases on Eucalyptus species in Zimbabwean plantations and woodlots
previous pageDiseases on Eucalyptus species in Zimbabwean plantations and woodlots
Luke Jimu, Michael J Wingfield, Eddie Mwenje & Jolanda Roux
Zimbabwe embarked on planting Eucalyptus species
in the early 1900s. Based on a robust breeding programme, it has become
a major source of seed for other countries in and outside Africa. Tree
health surveys conducted on Eucalyptus in some east and southern
African countries over the past two decades have revealed several
important fungal diseases that were previously not known in the region,
but little is known regarding these problems in Zimbabwe. The aim of
this study was to identify important Eucalyptusdiseases across
Zimbabwe's agroclimatic regions. Morphological characteristics and DNA
sequence data were used to identify pathogens collected to species
level.
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