Detection of Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli in watermelon seed using immunomagnetic separation and the polymerase chain reaction

Plant Disease

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 470-474

  Walcott, R R ^a   Gitaitis, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrulus lanatus; Watermelon fruit blotch

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL SEPARATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOMAL RNA; SEED; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SYNTHETIC OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; WATERMELON;

ACIDOVORAX AVENAE;

EID: 0034106579     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2000.84.4.470     Document Type: Article

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