Molecular characterization of a phytoplasma from the aster yellows (16SrI) group naturally infecting Populus nigra L. 'Italica' trees in Croatia

Forest Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-125

  Seruga M ^a   Skoric D ^a   Botti, S ^b   Paltrinieri, S ^b   Juretic N ^a   Bertaccini, A F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE;

ASTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHYTOPLASMA; POPULUS; POPULUS NIGRA;

EID: 0038477093     PISSN: 14374781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0329.2003.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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