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Studies on a Virus Disease of Tapioca (Manihot esculenta Crantz) I. Water Relations and Mineral Metabolism

Abstract

A virus disease of tapioca (cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz) found to be prevalent in a severe form through out Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu was reported by Alagianagalingam and Ramakrishnan (1967). The virus was identified as cassava mosaic virus from the symptoms, host range and transmission of the disease. A detailed study of the physiology of diseased cassava plants has been made and the results are presented below

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