Cacao diseases: Important threats to chocolate production worldwide

Phytopathology

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1634-1639

  Ploetz, Randy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CACAO SWOLLEN SHOOT VIRUS; CERATOCYSTIS; CRINIPELLIS PERNICIOSA; CRINIPELLIS RORERI; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA MEGAKARYA; THEOBROMA CACAO; THEOBROMA CACAO CACAO;

EID: 37349011883     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-97-12-1634     Document Type: Conference Paper

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