Fastidious xylem-limited bacterial plant pathogens

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue , 1996, Pages 131-151

  Purcell, Alexander H ^a   Hopkins, Donald L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clavibacter xyli; endophyte; leaf scorch; Pseudomonas syzygii; Xylella

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CICADELLIDAE; CLAVIBACTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEIFSONIA XYLI; PSEUDOMONAS; RALSTONIA SYZYGII; XYLELLA; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 0029908527     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.34.1.131     Document Type: Review

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