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A Note on Wilt of Banana Caused by the Enset Wilt Organism Xanthomonas musacearum

D. YirgouInstitute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 2003, Addis AbabaEthiopia, and Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew, Surrey, U.K., respectively
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J. F. BradburyInstitute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 2003, Addis AbabaEthiopia, and Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew, Surrey, U.K., respectively
Pages 111-114 | Received 19 Mar 1974, Published online: 09 Dec 2015

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