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Phenotypic and Genotypic Variation of Puccinia helianthi in South Africa.
Plant disease - 1 May 2021
Meyer Wilku B, Boshoff Willem H P, Minnaar-Ontong Adré, Young Anthony J, Kong Gary, Thompson Susan, Pretorius Zacharias A, Visser Botma
Abstract excerpt
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is the third largest grain crop by area planted in South Africa (SA). The annual yield is negatively affected by sunflower rust caused by Puccinia helianthi Schw. (Phe). Four Phe races were described in SA in the middle 1990s, but since then, no new race descriptions have been conducted. This has resulted in an information gap on the current Phe population, making it difficult to...
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