Detection and identification of the maize bushy stunt phytoplasma in corn plants in Brazil using PCR and RFLP

International Journal of Pest Management

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-76

  Bedendo, Ivan P ^a   Davis, Robert E ^b   Dally, Ellen L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Molecular Diagnosis; Phytoplasma

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; DISEASE DETECTION; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE SEQUENCING; GROWTH INHIBITION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PHYTOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMER DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOSOMAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL RNA; STUNTING;

DETECTION METHOD; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MAIZE; PHYTOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BRAZIL;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034113269     PISSN: 09670874     EISSN: 13665863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096708700227606     Document Type: Article

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