Detection of the black rot pathogen (Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris) and other xanthomonads in Zimbabwean and imported Brassica seed

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 447-454

  Mguni, C M ^a,b,c   Mortensen, C N ^a   Keswani, C L ^b   Hockenhull, J ^c  

^a Dan Govt Inst S Pathol Dev Co   (Denmark)

^b Plant Protection Research Institute Harare   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE DETECTION; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT PATHOLOGY; TESTING; VISCOSITY; ZIMBABWE;

BRASSICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 0033451236     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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