Reaction of some Coffea arabica genotypes to strains of Colletotrichum kahawae, the cause of coffee berry disease

Journal of Phytopathology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-63

  Omondi, C O ^a   Ayiecho, P O ^b   Mwang'ombe, A W ^a   Hindorf, H ^c  

^a Coffee Research Foundation ^*  (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coffea arabica L.; Colletotrichum Kahawae; Pathogenicity; Races; Resistance

Indexed keywords

COFFEE; CULTIVAR; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGAL DISEASE;

COFFEA ARABICA; COLLETOTRICHUM KAHAWAE;

EID: 0033995715     PISSN: 09311785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0434.2000.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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