Mutation in the avrBs1 avirulence gene of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria influences survival of the bacterium in soil and detached leaf tissue

Phytopathology

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 960-966

  O'Garro, Leonard W ^a   Gibbs, Harold ^a   Newton, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Bacterial spot of pepper

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. VESICATORIA;

EID: 0030770013     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.1997.87.9.960     Document Type: Article

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