Agricultural Journal
Year:
2012
Volume:
7
Issue:
4
Page No.
260 - 263
Developing Culture Media from Yam Species (Dioscoreae rotundata): Technique
for Isolation of Tuber-Rot Fungi of Yam
Authors :
J.U. Nwawuisi,
I.N. Odoh
and
U.M. Anaele
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