Rediscovery of the rust Diabole cubensis, released as a classical biological control agent against the invasive weed Mimosa pigra in Australia

Australasian Plant Disease Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 171-175

  Burrows, N J ^a   Lukitsch, B V ^a   Liberato, J R ^b  

^a Weed Sciences Department of Environment and Primary Industries   (Australia)

^b Plant Pathology Section   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pucciniales; Weed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879643640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1833928X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13314-012-0077-3     Document Type: Article

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