Incidence of Potato virus diseases and their significance for a seed certification program in Lebanon

Phytopathologia Mediterranea

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 113-118

  Abou Jawdah, Yusuf ^a   Sobh, Hana ^a   Saad, Adib ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

PLRV; PSTVd; PVA; PVM; PVS; PVX; PVY

Indexed keywords

CLAVIBACTER MICHIGANENSIS; POLEROVIRUS; POTATO LEAFROLL VIRUS; POTATO SPINDLE TUBER VIROID; POTATO VIRUS A; POTATO VIRUS M; POTATO VIRUS S; POTATO VIRUS X; POTATO VIRUS Y; POTEXVIRUS; POTYVIRUS; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SYNCHYTRIUM ENDOBIOTICUM; VIROIDS;

EID: 2342457430     PISSN: 00319465     EISSN: 15932095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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