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Micro-organisms

Fungi

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Ascomycetes

Fusarium oxysporium (Schlecht).

Panama disease on Bananas in Jamaica.


Entomopathogenic fungus (Cordyceps sp?) on beetle in Jamaica.



Penicillium sclerotigenum (Yamamoto).

Green rot of Yam (Dioscorea spp.) collected in Jamaica.


Bacteria

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Xanthomondaceae

Xanthomonas campestris (Pammel).

Causes a variety of plant diseases in Trinidad.



Viruses

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Tobaccoo mosaic virus.

On Greenhouse tomato in Central Trinidad.