Identification of the pathogen associated with Sigatoka disease of banana in South Africa

Australasian Plant Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-31

  Surridge, A K J ^a   Viljoen, A ^a   Crous, P W ^b   Wehner, F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; MYCOSPHAERELLA EUMUSAE; MYCOSPHAERELLA FIJIENSIS; MYCOSPHAERELLA MUSICOLA;

EID: 0037260057     PISSN: 08153191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AP02058     Document Type: Article

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