Phytophthora resistance in cacao (Theobroma cacao): Influence of pod morphological characteristics

Plant Pathology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 557-565

  Iwaro, A D ^a   Sreenivasan, T N ^a   Umaharan, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCOA; DISEASE; POD MORPHOLOGY;

MALVACEAE; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA PALMIVORA; STERCULIACEAE; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0030825324     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.1997.d01-47.x     Document Type: Article

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