Detection of a pigeon pea witches'-broom-related phytoplasma in trees of Gliricidia sepium affected by little-leaf disease in Central America

Plant Pathology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 671-680

  Kenyon, L ^a   Harrison, N A ^b   Ashburner, G R ^c   Boa, E R ^d   Richardson, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^d CABI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AMERICA; FUNGUS DETECTION; LITTLE LEAF DISEASE; MYCOSIS; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOSOMAL RNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM;

EID: 0031734343     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.1998.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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