Ultrastructural changes and production of a xanthan-like polysaccharide associated with scald of sugarcane leaves caused by Xanthomonas albilineans

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 351-359

  Solas, Maria Teresa ^a   Piñón, Dolores ^b   Acevedo, Ricardo ^b   Fontaniella, Blanca ^a   Legaz, María Estrella ^a   Vicente, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INICA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Gum; Saccharum officinarum; Xanthans; Xanthomonas albilineans

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SUGAR CANE;

ARUNDINARIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM; XANTHOMONAS ALBILINEANS;

EID: 0037518190     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023533812304     Document Type: Article

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