Detection, identification and significance of phytoplasmas in grasses in northern Australia

Plant Pathology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 505-512

  Blanche, K R ^a,b   Tran Nguyen, L T T ^a   Gibb, K S ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grasses; Phytoplasma; Sugarcane; White leaf

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; GRASS; PHYTOPLASMA; SUGAR CANE; SYMPTOM;

ARUNDINARIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHYTOPLASMA; POACEAE; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; SORGHUM STIPOIDEUM; SUGARCANE WHITE LEAF PHYTOPLASMA; WHITEOCHLOA CYMBIFORMIS;

EID: 0042072894     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2003.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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