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We thank the Director, National Research Centre for banana, Tiruchirapalli for providing the facilities.
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Selvarajan, R., Balasubramanian, V. Natural Occurrence of Banana bunchy top virus in Ensete superbum in India. Indian J. Virol. 24, 97–98 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13337-012-0123-y
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