Resurgence of the Irish potato famine fungus: After 150 years, the late blight fungus is again menacing farmers

BioScience

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 363-371

  Fry, William E ^a,b   Goodwin, Stephen B ^a,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b The American Phytopathological Society   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

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FUNGI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0030912581     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313151     Document Type: Article

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