First report of a yellows phytoplasma disease in purple coneflower (Echinacea spp.) in Canada

Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 182-192

  Hwang, S F ^a   Chang, K F ^b   Howard, R J ^b   Khadhair, A H ^a   Gaudiel, R G ^b   Hiruki, C ^c  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^b Crop Diversification Centre South   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

E. angustifolia; Echinacea purpurea; PCR; phyllody; phytoplasma; Purple coneflower; RFLP; yellows disease

Indexed keywords

ECHINACEA;

EID: 0030923150     PISSN: 03408159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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