Ten years of fire blight in Austria: Survey and control measures

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 704, Issue , 2006, Pages 43-49

  Keck, M ^a   Richter, S ^a   Loncaric, I ^a   Ruppitsch, W ^a   Pechhacker, H ^a   Moosbeckhofer, R ^a   Geider, K ^b   Biosca, E ^c  

^a AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Austria; Bees; Erwinia amylovora; Histochemistry; Local cultivars; Pantoea agglomerans; PFGE; SSRs

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 33745095943     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2006.704.3     Document Type: Article

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