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Morphological, pathological and phylogenetic analyses identify a diverse group of <i>Colletotrichum</i> spp. causing leaf, pod, and flower diseases on the orphan legume African yam bean
2024-04-03
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> African yam bean (AYB; Sphenostylis stenocarpa Hochst. Ex A. Rich.) is an underutilized legume indigenous to Africa. The crop has great potential as it can enhance food security and its chemical composition offers nutritional and medicinal opportunities. However, the low grain yield caused by fungal diseases, including pod blight and leaf tip dieback, deters farmers from large-scale cultivation...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 242c7834-a95e-512a-b98e-58212158194c
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.04.03.587868
