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Disease report/Rapport des maladies

Leaf, panicle and fruit blight of litchi (Litchi chinensis) caused by Alternaria alternata in Bihar state, India

Vinod KumarCrop Protection Unit ICAR-National Research Centre on Litchi, Mushahari, Muzaffarpur, Bihar842 002, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ajit Kumar Dubedi AnalCrop Protection Unit ICAR-National Research Centre on Litchi, Mushahari, Muzaffarpur, Bihar842 002, India
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Shalini RaiDepartment of Biological Sciences Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences (SHIATS), Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh211 007, India
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Vishal NathCrop Protection Unit ICAR-National Research Centre on Litchi, Mushahari, Muzaffarpur, Bihar842 002, India
Pages 84-89 | Accepted 31 Oct 2017, Published online: 15 Nov 2017

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