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ERIKSSON1 proposed the mycoplasm theory according to which rusts could persist in wheat seeds and thus produce systemic infection of wheat. Hungerford3 and Mehta4, however, could not substantiate the theory of mycoplasm.
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GATTANI, M. Systemic or Semi-systemic Infection of Wheat with Puccinia graminis tritici. Nature 199, 398 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199398a0
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