A rebuttal to the letter to the editor concerning 'Defining species boundaries in the genus Phytophthora: The case of Phytophthora andina'

Plant Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 221-223

  Forbes, G A ^a   Ristaino, J B ^b   Oliva, R F ^c   Flier, W ^d  

^a International Potato Center   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS FUERZAS ARMADAS ESPE   (Ecuador)

^d Du Pont de Nemours Nederland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA ANDINA;

EID: 84858342840     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2011.02560.x     Document Type: Letter

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