Distinctions between phytoplasmas at the subgroup level detected by heteroduplex mobility assay

Plant Pathology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 625-633

  Wang, K ^a,b   Hiruki, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

16 23S spacer region; Biodiversity; HMA; Mollicutes; Phytoplasmas

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ASSAY; CROP DAMAGE; HOST PLANT; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN RATE;

ALBERTA; ASIA; CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; MONARDA; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 33745301713     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2005.01248.x     Document Type: Article

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