Phenotypical characterization of Iranian isolates of Agrobacterium vitis, the causal agent of crown gall disease of grapevine

Vitis

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 115-121

  Mohammadi, M ^a   Fatehi Paykani, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium vitis; Bacterial pathogenicity; Crown gall disease; Grapevine; PAGE (polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis); SDS (sodium dodecyl sulfate); Ti plasmid

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM VITIS; DATURA; LYCOPERSICON; NICOTIANA;

EID: 0032882629     PISSN: 00427500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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