A mycobacterium isolated from tissue cultures of mature Pinus sylvestris interferes with growth of Scots pine seedlings

Tree Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 915-920

  Laukkanen, Hanna ^b   Soini, Hanna ^a   Kontunen Soppela, Sari ^b   Hohtola, Anja ^b   Viljanen, Matti ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bud; Callus; Phenylalanine ammonia lyase; Tissue browning

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AICHIENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM CHLOROPHENOLICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM OBUENSE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0034234162     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/20.13.915     Document Type: Article

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