Invasion and colonization of mature apple fruit by Erwinia amylovora tagged with bioluminescence genes

Journal of General Plant Pathology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 336-341

  Azegami, Koji ^a   Tsukamoto, Takanori ^b   Matsuura, Takayuki ^a   Ohara, Tatsuji ^b   Inoue, Yasuhiro ^a   Mizuno, Akifumi ^b   Yoshida, Kouji ^c   Bessho, Hideo ^c   Kimura, Shigeru ^b   Goto, Masao ^d  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b Yokohama Plant Protection Station   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apple; Bioluminescence; Colonization; Erwinia amylovora; Fire blight; Invasion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 19944430389     PISSN: 13452630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10327-004-0155-2     Document Type: Article

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