Erwinia pyrifoliae, a causal endemic pathogen of shoot blight of Asian pear tree in Korea

Plant Pathology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 294-300

  Shrestha, Rosemary ^a   Koo, Jun Hak ^a   Park, Duck Hwan ^a   Hwang, Ingyu ^b   Hur, Jang Hyun ^a   Lim, Chun Keun ^a  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fire blight; Hwankum; Necrogens; Phytopathogens; Plasmid profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244468147     PISSN: 15982254     EISSN: 20939280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5423/PPJ.2003.19.6.294     Document Type: Article

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