An Epidemic of Almond Witches'-broom in Lebanon: Classification and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Associated Phytoplasma
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عنوان ژورنال: Plant Disease
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0191-2917,1943-7692
DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2002.86.5.477