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1 Department of Plant Pathology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh

2 College of Agricultural Sciences, International University of Business Agriculture and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

\*Address all correspondence to: hossainmm@bsmrau.edu.bd

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