Veterinary Science & Technology

Mengistu Oli

Publications

• Research Article
  Evaluation of Enset Clones Resistance against Enset Bacterial Wilt Disease (Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum)
  Author(s): Tariku Hunduma, Kassahun Sadessa, Endale Hilu and Mengistu OliTariku Hunduma, Kassahun Sadessa, Endale Hilu and Mengistu Oli
  
  Enset (Ensete ventricosum Welw. Cheesman) is one of the most important staple and co-stable food crops for around 20 million people in Ethiopia. However its production has been threatened by a devastating bacterial disease caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum. This disease was officially reported in Ethiopia for the first time in the 1960‟s. Therefore, this study was conducted with the objective to screen field-grown Enset clones collected for reaction against bacterial wilt and to assess the farmers practices used for the management of the target pathogen. A large number of Enset clones (20) assessed and collected from the Dire Inchini, Jibat and Wonchi distrcts and were screened against resistance/tolerance to Enset bacterial wilt, X. campestris through artificial inoculation. All artificially inoculated Ens.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7579.1000232

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