A New Canker Disease of Apple, Pear, and Plum Rootstocks Caused by Diaporthe ambigua in South Africa

Plant Disease

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1331-1335

  Smit, W A ^a   Viljoen, C D ^b   Wingfield, B D ^b   Wingfield, M J ^b   Calitz, F J ^c  

^a ARC INFRUITEC NIETVOORBIJ   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Malus domestica; Prunus salicina; Pyrus communis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000361854     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-80-1331     Document Type: Article

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