Fungi associated with seeds of three legume species in Jamaica and seed germination at harvest and after storage

Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-127

  Chisholm, Flora V ^a   Coates Beckford, Phyllis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Arachis hypogaea; Fungi; Germination; Phaseolus vulgaris; Storage; Vigna unguiculata

Indexed keywords

EID: 5544267048     PISSN: 00413216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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