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Fusarium Species Associated with Millet Grain from Nigeria, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe

Nwanma B. N. OnyikeFusarium Research Center, Department of Plant Pathology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania16802
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Paul E. NelsonFusarium Research Center, Department of Plant Pathology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania16802
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W. F. O. MarasasResearch Institute for Nutritional Diseases, South African Medical Research Council, P.O. Box 70, Tygerberg7505, Republic of South Africa
Pages 708-712 | Accepted 03 Jun 1991, Published online: 29 Aug 2018

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