Electron microscopy and molecular characterization of phytoplasmas associated with little leaf disease of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) and periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) in Bangladesh

Journal of Phytopathology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 237-244

  Siddique, ^a,b,c   Agrawal, ^a,b,c   Alam, ^a,b,c   Krishna Reddy, ^a,b,c  

^a JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Brinjal; Electron microscopy; Periwinkle; Phytoplasma

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; GENE PRODUCT; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC STRUCTURE; INTERGENIC SPACER REGION; LITTLE LEAF DISEASE; PHLOEM; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOSOME DNA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRINJAL LITTLE LEAF PHYTOPLASMA; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; MELONGENA; PHYTOPLASMA; PROKARYOTA; SOLANUM MELONGENA; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 0034993701     PISSN: 09311785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0434.2001.00590.x     Document Type: Article

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