Detection and identification of phytoplasmas infecting cultivated and wild plants in Liguria (Italian Riviera)

Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-136

  Marzachi C ^a   Alma, A ^b   D'Aquilio, M ^a   Minuto, G ^c   Boccardo, G ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Centro Regionale di Sperimentazione ed Assistenza Agricola   (Italy)

Author keywords

16S rDNA amplification; Characterization; RFLP

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001581006     PISSN: 11254653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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