How will climate change affect oil palm fungal disease?

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This is a topic in which I have considerable interest and have published an article in Crop Protection (Paterson et al. 2013). I would be interested in any discussions on this topic.

Carlos E. Aucique-Pérez

Dr. Paterson

in South America (Colombia), several epidemic cycles of bud rot have been strongly linked to environmental changes in a matter of 20 years. The epidemicvos events are becoming more frequent and more debastadores.

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