Identification of a 16SrII-E phytoplasma in Calendula arvensis, Solanum nigrum, and Chenopodium spp.

Plant Disease

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 325-330

  Tolu, G ^a   Botti, S ^b   Garau, R ^a   Prota, V A ^a   Sechi, A ^a   Prota, U ^a   Bertaccini, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENZYMES; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); WEED CONTROL;

16SRII-E PHYTOPLASMA; CALENDULA ARVENSIS; LEAFHOPPER; PHYTOPLASMAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR); SOLANUM NIGRUM;

DISEASE CONTROL;

DISEASES; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PRIMERS; PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; SOLENOIDS; WEEDS;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; CALENDULA; CALENDULA ARVENSIS; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA SOLANI; CHENOPODIUM; SOLANUM NIGRUM;

EID: 33644674903     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0325     Document Type: Article

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