First report of a 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris' isolate associated with a witches' broom disease of alfalfa in Bolivia

Plant Pathology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 559-

  Jones, P ^a   Arocha, Y ^b   Plata, G ^c  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b National Centre for Animal and Plant Health CENSA   (Cuba)

^c Fundacion Promocion e Investigacion de Productos Andinos Bolivia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW RECORD; PHYTOPLASMA;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

16SRI (ASTER YELLOWS GROUP); MEDICAGO SATIVA; PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 27844568456     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2005.01231.x     Document Type: Article

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