Status of cacao witches' broom: Biology, epidemiology, and management

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue , 1996, Pages 573-594

  Purdy, L H ^a   Schmidt, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

cocoa; Crinipellis perniciosa; disease management; Theobroma cacao

Indexed keywords

CRINIPELLIS PERNICIOSA; THEOBROMA CACAO; CRINIELLIS PERNICIOSA; STERCULIACEAE;

CACAO TREE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNGAL PATHOGEN;

EID: 0029661744     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.34.1.573     Document Type: Review

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