A polymerase chain reaction method for detecting dwarf mistletoe infection in douglas-fir and western larch

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1317-1321

  Marler, M ^a   Pedersen, D ^a   Mitchell Olds, T ^a,b   Callaway, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Max Plank Inst of Chemical Ecology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE DETECTION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA TEMPLATE; ENDOPHYTE; PARASITISM; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VISCUM ALBUM;

DETECTION METHOD; PARASITIC PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ABIES; ARCEUTHOBIUM; ARCEUTHOBIUM DOUGLASII; ARCEUTHOBIUM LARICIS; ARCEUTHOBIUM PUSILLUM; CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX OCCIDENTALIS; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0033306338     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-092     Document Type: Article

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