Mutagenesis by insertion of Tn4001 into the genome of Spiroplasma citri: Characterization of mutants affected in plant pathogenicity and transmission to the plant by the leafhopper vector Circulifer haematoceps

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 454-461

  Foissac, X ^a   Danet, J L ^a   Saillard, C ^a   Gaurivaud, P ^a   Laigret, F ^a   Pare C ^a   Bove J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CICADELLIDAE; CIRCULIFER; CIRCULIFER HAEMATOCEPS; INSECTA; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA CITRI;

EID: 0030958854     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1997.10.4.454     Document Type: Article

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