Distribution of sigatoka leaf spots in Uganda as determined by species-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 540, Issue , 2000, Pages 319-324

  Johanson, A ^a   Tushemereirwe, W K ^b   Karamura, E B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Mycosphaerella fijiensis; Mycosphaerella musicola; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879519118     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.540.37     Document Type: Conference Paper

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