Characterization of Erwinia amylovora strains from Croatia

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 435-440

  Halupecki, Edyta ^a   Bazzi, Carlo ^b   Jock, Susanne ^c   Geider, Klaus ^c,d   Dermić, Damir ^e   Cvjetković, Bogdan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Max Planck Institute Ladenburg   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^e RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Fire blight; Pathogenicity; PFGE; SSR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DNA; PLANT;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 33744463363     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-006-0003-7     Document Type: Article

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