Cercosporin from Pseudocercosporella capsellae and its critical role in white leaf spot development

Plant Disease

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1521-1531

  Gunasinghe, Niroshini ^a   You, Ming Pei ^a   Cawthray, Gregory R ^a   Barbetti, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 85016409987     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-10-15-1192-RE     Document Type: Article

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