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A New Type of Citrus Fruit Rot caused by P. italicum Wehmer

Nature volume 188, pages 424–425 (1960)Cite this article

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DURING the past five years, while engaged on the examination of arrivals of Israeli citrus fruit in Britain and on the Continent, an unfamiliar type of dark red varying to bronze-red mould rot on oranges and grapefruit was occasionally found. So far as I am aware this rot has not been previously recorded.

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HELLINGER, E. A New Type of Citrus Fruit Rot caused by P. italicum Wehmer. Nature 188, 424–425 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/188424a0

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