Aetiology of tobacco leaf curl in southern Africa

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 449-457

  Paximadis, M ^a   Rey, M E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dot blot hybridisations; Geminiviruses; Monoclonal antibodies; PCR; Symptom variation; Tobacco leaf curl

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031426606     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1997.tb05172.x     Document Type: Article

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