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Pest and disease control in Africa

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Tea is an important export crop of Africa and is grown in over a dozen countries. The total area planted to tea in Africa covers more than 190 000 hectares. In 1988 Africa produced 282 000 tons of tea which represents 11.4% of the world’s production (Annual Bulletin of Statistics, 1988).

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  1. Department of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Liverpool, UK

    K. C. Willson (Consultant in Tropical Agriculture) (Consultant in Tropical Agriculture)

  2. School of Biological Sciences, University of Surrey, UK

    M. N. Clifford (Leader, Food Safety Research Group) (Leader, Food Safety Research Group)

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Rattan, P.S. (1992). Pest and disease control in Africa. In: Willson, K.C., Clifford, M.N. (eds) Tea. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2326-6_10

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