Recovery of Pantoea ananatis, causal agent of center rot of onion, from weeds and crops in Georgia, USA

Crop Protection

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 983-989

  Gitaitis, R ^a   Walcott, R ^b   Culpepper, S ^c   Sanders, H ^a   Zolobowska, L ^a   Langston, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Rural Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Center rot of onion; Epiphytic survival; Onion; Pantoea ananatis; PCR; Weeds

Indexed keywords

CROP DAMAGE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WEED;

BACTERIAL PLANT DISEASE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CENTER ROT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

CASSIA OBTUSIFOLIA; CYNODON DACTYLON; CYPERUS ESCULENTUS; DESMODIUM TORTUOSUM; DIGITARIA SANGUINALIS; GLYCINE MAX; PANICUM TEXANUM; PANTOEA ANANATIS; RICHARDIA SCABRA; VERBENA BONARIENSIS; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 0036894770     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(02)00078-9     Document Type: Article

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