Phormium yellow leaf phytoplasma is associated with strawberry lethal yellows disease in New Zealand

Plant Disease

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 606-609

  Andersen, M T ^a   Longmore, J ^a   Liefting, L W ^a   Wood, G A ^a   Sutherland, P W ^a   Beck, D L ^a   Forster, R L S ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; GENE TRANSLOCATION; NEW ZEALAND; PATHOGENESIS; PHLOEM; PHORMIUM TENAX; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT DEATH; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; PLANT GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPAGATION; RNA ANALYSIS; STRAWBERRY LETHAL YELLOW DISEASE;

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; FUNGI; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; MYXOGASTRIA; PHORMIUM; PHORMIUM TENAX; PHORMIUM YELLOW LEAF PHYTOPLASMA; PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 0031805993     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.1998.82.6.606     Document Type: Article

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