Isolation of Sphaceloma sp. from four cowpea plant parts using eight media

Crop Protection

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 341-343

  Mungo, C M ^a,c   Emechebe, A M ^b   Florini, D A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cowpea scab; Media; Plant parts; Sphaceloma sp.

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; FUNGUS; PATHOGEN;

SPHACELOMA;

EID: 0032102815     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(98)00025-8     Document Type: Article

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