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Molecular basis of disease susceptibility in the Texas cytoplasm of maize

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Levings, C.S., Siedow, J.N. Molecular basis of disease susceptibility in the Texas cytoplasm of maize. Plant Mol Biol 19, 135–147 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00015611

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