Cacao diseases - The trilogy revisited

Phytopathology

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1640-1643

  Evans, Harry C ^a  

^a CAB International   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRINIPELLIS; CRINIPELLIS RORERI; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA MEGAKARYA; PHYTOPHTHORA PALMIVORA; THEOBROMA CACAO; THEOBROMA GILERI;

EID: 37349017995     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-97-12-1640     Document Type: Conference Paper

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