Black Sigatoka: An increasing threat to banana cultivation

Plant Disease

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 208-222

  Marín, Douglas H ^b   Romero, Ronald A ^b   Guzmán, Mauricio ^b   Sutton, Turner B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0037369509     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2003.87.3.208     Document Type: Review

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