Tissue and intra-cellular distribution of coconut cadang cadang viroid and citrus exocortis viroid determined by in situ hybridization and confocal laser scanning and transmission electron microscopy

Plant Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 457-465

  Bonfiglioli, Roderick G ^a   Webb, Daryl R ^a   Symons, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS EXOCORTIS; CITRUS EXOCORTIS VIROID; COCONUT CADANG-CADANG VIROID; VIROIDS; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0030049750     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.09040457.x     Document Type: Article

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