Integrated management of Bayoud disease on date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L. caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis in Algeria
Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L. is one of the most important fruit trees growing in Algeria, Arabian world and some neighboring countries represents a good crop economy sources for many farmers. Date palm diseases are among the major factors that affecting the products. The agent pathogen F.oxysporum f. sp. Albedinis (Foa) is a soil borne fungus that cause dangerous disease called Bayoud. To control this tracheomycosis by using chemical methods is uneconomic and inefficient. The practical way for controlling the disease by IPM (Integrated disease management) focused by cultural methods, biological control with antagonistic and mycoparasitic microorganisms, and genetical control by selecting of resistant high quality cultivars, it may will be the best solution against this disease.