Gladys Ada Mbaringong, Evans N. Nyaboga, Virginia Wang’ondu and Esther Kanduma. Evaluation of Selected Cassava (
Crantz) Cultivars Grown in Kenya for Resistance to Bacterial Blight Disease.
. 2017; 5(2):94-101. doi: 10.12691/WJAR-5-2-5
cassava bacteria blight, Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis, cultivars, resistance
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