Identification of Xanthomonas fragariae, the cause of an outbreak of angular leaf spot on strawberry in South Australia, and comparison with the cause of previous outbreaks in New South Wales and New Zealand

Australasian Plant Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-103

  Gillings, M R ^a,b   Fahy, P C ^a,c   Bradley, J ^a  

^a Biological and Chemical Research Institute   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacterial disease; BOX PCR; DNA fingerprinting; ERIC PCR; Quarantine; Repetitive element PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032350677     PISSN: 08153191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AP98012     Document Type: Review

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