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Table 8 Grouping of antibiotic-containing recommendations according to the pathogen/pest or problem recorded in the written diagnosis

From: Antibiotic use on crops in low and middle-income countries based on recommendations made by agricultural advisors

Grouping of diagnosis

Count

Named bacterial disease or bacterium

1038

Named insect or mite

311

Named fungus or fungal disease

155

Symptoms only

49

Blank

37

Nutrient deficiency

7

Water mould

5

Virus

3

Phytoplasma

1

Weeds

1

  1. Written diagnoses were recorded within POMS as free text. To assist analysis these were grouped by causal agent. Local names of diseases and pests often required interpretation as these were extremely colloquial and regional
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CABI Agriculture and Bioscience

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