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Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 517905, 9 pages
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Review Article

Diseases of Peanut Caused by Soilborne Pathogens in the Southwestern United States

Lindsey D. Thiessen1 and Jason E. Woodward1,2

1Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
2Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Texas A&M System, Lubbock, TX 79403, USA

Received 25 June 2012; Accepted 19 July 2012

Academic Editors: K. Jaggard and W. P. Williams

Copyright © 2012 Lindsey D. Thiessen and Jason E. Woodward. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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