First report of a phytoplasma-associated witches' broom disease of Miconia calvescens in Brazil

Plant Pathology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 801-

  Santos Seixas, C D ^a   Barreto, R W ^a   Matsuoka, K ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; NEW RECORD; PHYTOPLASMA;

BRAZIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICONIA CALVESCENS; PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 0036914770     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2002.00771.x     Document Type: Article

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