Evaluation of primer pairs for the reliable diagnosis of paulownia witches'-broom disease using a polymerase chain reaction

Plant Disease

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 302-305

  Nakamura, H ^a   Yoshikawa, N ^a   Takahashi, T ^a   Sahashi, N ^b   Kubono, T ^b   Shoji, T ^b  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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EID: 0030023598     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-80-0302     Document Type: Review

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