Association of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense' with green petal and lethal yellows diseases in strawberry

Plant Pathology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 362-369

  Padovan, A ^a   Gibba, K ^a   Persley, D ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Queensland Horticulture Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

16SrRNA; Heterogeneity; Phytoplasma; Strawberry

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; GREEN PETAL DISEASE; LETHAL YELLOWS DISEASE; PHYTOPLASMA AUSTRALIENSE; PRIMER DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOSOMAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL RNA; STRAWBERRY; TUF GENE;

DISEASE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PHYTOPLASMA;

CANDIDATUS AUSTRALIENSE; PHORMIUM; PHYTOPLASMA AUSTRALIENSE;

EID: 0034125998     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2000.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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