Phytoplasma host range and symptom expression in the pasture legume Stylosanthes

Field Crops Research

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 327-334

  De La Rue, S J ^a,c   Hopkinson, R ^a   Foster, S ^b   Gibb, K S ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Phytoplasma; Stylosanthes; Susceptibility; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DISEASES; PLANTS (BOTANY); STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR);

CROPS;

BREEDING; CULTIVAR; DISEASE RESISTANCE; LEGUME; PASTURE;

CAJANUS CAJAN; COLUMBA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; PHYTOPLASMA; PISUM SATIVUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STYLOSANTHES; STYLOSANTHES GUIANENSIS; STYLOSANTHES HAMATA; STYLOSANTHES SCABRA; STYLOSANTHES SEABRANA; UNCIA;

EID: 0344736652     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(03)00099-6     Document Type: Article

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