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Virulence analysis of Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici populations in Ethiopia with special consideration of Ug99

  1. B. Admassu1,2,*,
  2. V. Lind2,
  3. W. Friedt3,
  4. F. Ordon2

Article first published online: 19 DEC 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2008.01976.x

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Plant Pathology

Plant Pathology

Volume 58, Issue 2, pages 362–369, April 2009

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Admassu, B., Lind, V., Friedt, W. and Ordon, F. (2009), Virulence analysis of Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici populations in Ethiopia with special consideration of Ug99. Plant Pathology, 58: 362–369. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2008.01976.x

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  1. 1

    Plant Protection Research Center, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, PO Box 37, Ambo, Ethiopia;

  2. 2

    Julius Kuehn-Institute, Federal Research Institute for Cultivated Plants (JKI), Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Erwin-Baur Str. 27, 06484 Quedlinburg, Germany; and

  3. 3

    IPZ, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Insitute of Crop Science and Plant Breeding I, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Germany

* *E-mail: belayneh.admassu@jki.bund.de

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  1. Issue published online: 11 MAR 2009
  2. Article first published online: 19 DEC 2008
  3. Published online 19 December 2008

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