A new member of the clover proliferation phytoplasma group (16SrVI) associated with elm yellows in Illinois

Plant Disease

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 241-246

  Jacobs, Karel A ^a   Lee, I M ^b   Griffiths, H M ^c   Miller Jr , F D ^d   Bottner, K D ^b  

^a MORTON ARBORETUM   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d Joliet Junior College   (United States)

Author keywords

Leafhopper vectors; Phloem necrosis; Shade tree disease

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DISEASES; ENZYMES; FORESTRY; WOOD;

CANOPY YELLOWING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ASTER; ASTER YELLOWS PHYTOPLASMA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA TRIFOLII; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA ULMI; PHYTOPLASMA; PROKARYOTA; PYROLA; TRIFOLIUM; ULMACEAE; ULMUS; ULMUS AMERICANA;

EID: 0037369488     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2003.87.3.241     Document Type: Article

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