Detection of phormium yellow leaf phytoplasma in New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax) using nested PCRs

Plant Pathology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 188-196

  Andersen, M T ^a   Beever, R E ^b   Gilman, A C ^c   Liefting, L W ^a,c   Balmori, E ^a,c   Beck, D L ^a   Sutherland, P W ^a   Bryan, G T ^a,d   Gardner, R C ^c   Forster, R L S ^a  

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

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE DETECTION; DISEASE DIAGNOSIS; DNA ANALYSIS; FUNGUS DETECTION; NEW ZEALAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITATION; RIBOSOMAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL RNA;

PHORMIUM TENAX;

EID: 0031980688     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.1998.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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