Phytoplasma induced free-branching in commercial poinsettia cultivars

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 178-182

  Lee, Ing Ming ^a   Klopmeyer, Michael ^b   Bartoszyk, Irena M ^a   Gundersen Rindal, Dawn E ^a   Chou, Tau San ^b   Thomson, Karen L ^b   Eisenreich, Robert ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Ball FloraPlant   (United States)

Author keywords

Branching agent; Branching poinsettia; Nested PCR; Phytoplasma; Poinsettia mosaic virus

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; MOSAIC VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

DNA, RIBOSOMAL; INDUSTRY; MYCOPLASMA; PLANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEEDS;

EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA; PHYTOPLASMA; POINSETTIA MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0031042899     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0297-178     Document Type: Article

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