PHYLOGENY AND MYCOTOXIN PROFILES OF PATHOGENIC ALTERNARIA AND CURVULARIA SPECIES ISOLATED FROM DATE PALM, IN SOUTH TUNISIA
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Project description:Alternaria from date palm
| PRJEB53233 | ENA
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| S-EPMC9677452 | biostudies-literature
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2022-02-16 | PXD021666 | Pride
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2016-12-31 | GSE71445 | GEO
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2024-11-29 | E-MTAB-14123 | biostudies-arrayexpress
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2023-12-31 | E-MTAB-11001 | biostudies-arrayexpress
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2017-07-31 | E-MTAB-5261 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Detecting Early Signs of Heat and Drought Stress in Phoenix dactylifera (Date Palm)
| PRJEB22923 | ENA