Electron microscopy and molecular identification of phytoplasmas associated with strawberry green petals in the Czech Republic

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 831-835

  Honetšlegrová, Jana Fránova ^a   Vibio, Monica ^b   Bertaccini, Assunta ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Patologia Vegetale   (Italy)

Author keywords

identification; polymerase chain reaction; restriction fragment length polymorphism; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ASTER; CLOVER PHYLLODY PHYTOPLASMA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; PHYTOPLASMA; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 0030471129     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01877052     Document Type: Article

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