Phytoplasma infection of tomato in central Italy

Phytopathologia Mediterranea

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 137-142

  del Serrone, Paola ^a   Marzachì, Cristina ^b   Bragaloni, Mauro ^c   Galeffi, Patrizia ^d  

^a Istituto Sperimentale per la Patologia Vegetale   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Seminis   (United States)

^d ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

16Sr I; 16Sr III; 16Sr V and 16Sr XII rRNA group; Stolbur

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 1842495984     PISSN: 00319465     EISSN: 15932095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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