Variation in chemical composition and quality of tea (Camellia sinensis) with increasing blister blight (Exobasidium vexans) severity

Mycological Research

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1380-1384

  Gulati, Ashu ^a   Gulati, Arvind ^a   Ravindranath, S D ^a   Gupta, Akshey K ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DISEASE; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; EXOBASIDIUM VEXANS;

EID: 0033504483     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756299008941     Document Type: Article

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