Silicon treatment in oil palms confers resistance to basal stem rot disease caused by Ganoderma boninense

Basal stem rot (BSR) disease, which is caused by the fungus Ganoderma boninense, is the major disease of oil palm in Malaysia and causes economic losses in the oil palm industry around the world. Plants that are treated with silicon (Si) show enhanced host resistance, perhaps because the accumulatio...

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Main Authors:	Ismail, Nor Najihah, Musa, Mohamed Hanafi, Abu Seman, Idris, Hakim, Md. Abdul
Format:	Article
Language:	en
Published:	Elsevier 2015
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/52465/1/Silicon%20treatment%20in%20oil%20palms%20confers%20resistance%20to%20basal%20stem%20rot%20disease%20caused%20by%20Ganoderma%20boninense.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/52465/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261219414003160
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