Fungi associated with storage rots of cocoyams (Colocasia spp.) in Nsukka, Nigeria

Mycopathologia

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-25

  Ugwuanyi, J Obeta ^a   Obeta, Jason A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Botryodiplodia theobromae; cocoyama rot; Corticium rolfsii; Fusarium spp.; Geotrichum candidum; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029847479     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00437048     Document Type: Article

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