Progress towards a commercial PCR-based seed assay for Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-116

  Walcott, R R ^a   Castro, A C ^a   Fessehaie, A ^a   Ling, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Seed Testing of America Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDOVORAX AVENAE SUBSP. CITRULLI; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 33645796219     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2006.34.1.11     Document Type: Article

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