Physiological and biochemical changes in shoots of coconut palms affected by lethal yellowing

New Phytologist

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-234

  León, Rubén ^a   Santamaría, Jorge M ^a   Alpizar, Lucely ^a   Escamilla, José A ^a   Oropeza, Carlos ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Cocos nucifera L. (coconut); Lethal yellowing; Physiology

Indexed keywords

COCOS NUCIFERA; MYCOPLASMA; PHYTOPLASMA SP.;

EID: 0000305835     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb04627.x     Document Type: Article

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