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Chapter 6. Lourival Carmo Monaco. 1977. Consequences of the introduction of coffee rust into Brazil. Pages 57-71. In: Peter R. Day (editor). The Genetic Basis of Epidemics in Agriculture. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences No. 287. The New York Academy of Sciences, New York, New York, 400 pages.

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