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Disease reports and disease diagnostics/Rapports des maladies

Symptoms and distribution of blossom blight in alfalfa seed production on the Canadian Prairies

B. D. Gossen1 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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R. J. Howard2 Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Crop Diversification Centre South, AB T1R 1E6, Brooks, Canada (retired)View further author information
Pages 421-430 | Accepted 14 Sep 2020, Published online: 30 Oct 2020

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