A new yellows disease of dame's violet (Hesperis matronalis) in Alberta, Canada, caused by an unidentified phytoplasma;Eine neue, durch ein nicht identifiziertes Phytoplasma verursachte Vergilbungskrankheit an der Nachtviole (Hesperis matronalis) in Alberta, Kanada

Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 225-232

  Chang, K F ^a   Hwang, S F ^b   Evans, I R ^c   Howard, R J ^a  

^a Crop Diversification Centre South   (Canada)

^b Alberta Environmental Centre   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

dame's violet; Hesperis matronalis; inner body; MLOs; mycoplasma like organisms; phyllody; stunting; yellows disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029741163     PISSN: 03408159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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