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Surveillance for black Sigatoka disease of banana in and near the Torres Strait

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Black Sigatoka was confirmed, using the polymerase chain reaction, on banana plants from far north Queensland in Australia, Papua (formerly Irian Jaya) in Indonesia, and nearby regions of Papua New Guinea.

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  1. Centre for Tropical Agriculture, NAQS, AQIS, P.O. Box 1054, 4880, Mareeba, Queensland, Australia

    R. I. Davis & S. C. Jacobson

  2. Queensland Horticulture Institute, QDPI, 4880, Mareeba, Queensland, Australia

    K. R. E. Grice

  3. National Agricultural Research Institute, Bubia, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea

    T. G. Gunua

  4. Research Institute of Maize and Other Cereals, Maros, Ujung Pandang, Indonesia

    S. Rahamma

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Davis, R.I., Grice, K.R.E., Jacobson, S.C. et al. Surveillance for black Sigatoka disease of banana in and near the Torres Strait. Australasian Plant Pathology 29, 225 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1071/AP00042

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