Occurrence of apple proliferation and pear decline phytoplasmas in diseased pear trees in Hungary

Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-58

  Del Serrone, P ^a   La Starza, S ^a   Krystai, L ^b   Kolber, M ^b   Barba, M ^a  

^a Istituto Sperimentale per la Patologia Vegetale   (Italy)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Apple proliferation cluster; Detection; Pear; Phytoplasmas

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006433148     PISSN: 11254653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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