Diseases

Litchi and Longan: Botany, Production, and Uses

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 261-272

  Coates, Lindy ^a   Zhou, Erxun ^b   Sittigul, Chatree ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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