Scientific Opinion on the assessment of the risk of solanaceous pospiviroids for the EU territory and the identification and evaluation of risk management options

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Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

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emergency measures; pepper; pospiviroids; potato; PSTVd; solanaceous ornamentals; tomato

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EID: 85032142287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2011.2330     Document Type: Article

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