Nested PCR assay for detection of sugarcane grassy shoot phytoplasma in the leafhopper vector Deltocephalus vulgaris: A first report

Plant Pathology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-28

  Srivastava, S ^a   Singh, V ^a   Gupta, P S ^a   Sinha, O K ^a   Baitha, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SUGARCANE RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Grassy shoot disease; Insect vector; Molecular detection; rRNA; Saccharum; SCGS

Indexed keywords

PHYTOPLASMA; PLANTHOPPER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUGAR CANE;

ARTHROPODA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; DELTOCEPHALUS; INSECTA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 33645225939     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2005.01294.x     Document Type: Article

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