The epidemiology of pear decline in the UK

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 472, Issue , 1998, Pages 669-672

  Davies, D L ^a   Clark, M F ^a   Adams, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decline; Epidemiology; PCR; Pear; Phytoplasmas; Psyllid

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; PSYLLIDAE; PYRUS;

EID: 0000739571     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1998.472.90     Document Type: Conference Paper

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