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Avocado sunblotch — A viroid disease?

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    Wayne Thomas & N. A. Mohamed

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Thomas, W., Mohamed, N.A. Avocado sunblotch — A viroid disease?. Australasian Plant Pathology 8, 1–3 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1071/APP9790001

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