Transmission of Pantoea ananatis, causal agent of center rot of onion, by tobacco thrips, Frankliniella fusca

Plant Disease

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 675-678

  Gitaitis, R D ^a   Walcott, R R ^b   Wells, M L ^c   Diaz Perez, J C ^a   Sanders, F H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allium cepa

Indexed keywords

CROPS; PLANTS (BOTANY); STERILIZATION (CLEANING); TOBACCO;

PANTOEA ANANATIS;

HARVESTING;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANKLINIELLA; FRANKLINIELLA FUSCA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PANTOEA; PANTOEA ANANATIS; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0037767257     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2003.87.6.675     Document Type: Article

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