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IN 1946 and 1948 Wardlaw1 reported the widespread occurrence of a vascular wilt disease of the oil palm in the Belgian Congo and Nigeria, closely comparable strains of Fusarium oxysporum Schl. f. being consistently isolated from the necrosed wood-vessels of palms of all ages, including seedling palms 1–2 years old. The morphology and physiology of the fungus have been investigated by Gogoi2 and its appearance in the wood-vessels described by Kovachich3.
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Wardlaw, C. W., Nature, 158, 56, 712 (1946); 162, 850 (1948).
Gogoi, T., Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc., 32, 171 (1949); 33, 121 (1950).
Kovachich, W. G., Ann. Bot., N.S., 12, 327 (1948).
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FRASELLE, J. Experimental Evidence of the Pathogencity of Fusarium oxysporum Schl. f. to the Oil Palm (Elæs guineensis J.). Nature 167, 447 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167447a0
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