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Spence, NJ; Phiri, NA; Hughes, SL; Mwaniki, A; Simons, S; Oduor, G; Chacha, D; Ndirangu, S; Kibata, GN; Marris, GC (2006). "Economic impact of Turnip mosaic virus, Cauliflower mosaic virus and Beet mosaic virus in three Kenyan vegetables".
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Spence, NJ; Walky, DGA (1995). "Variation for pathogenicity among isolates of bean common mosaic virus in Africa and a reinterpretation of the genetic relationship between cultivars of
Phaseolus vulgaris and pathotypes of BCMV".
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268:Horticulture Research International
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1505:. University of Bristol
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