Epidemiology of a whitefly-transmitted cassava mosaic geminivirus pandemic in Africa

Bemisia: Bionomics and Management of a Global Pest

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 233-257

  Legg, James P ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE IITA   (Tanzania)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2460-2_7     Document Type: Chapter

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