Phytoplasma diseases of urban tree and shrub species in western Canada

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 496, Issue , 1999, Pages 55-61

  Hiruki, C ^a   Wang, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mollicutes; Nested PCR; Potentilla; Prunus; Salix; Witches' broom

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; DASIPHORA; MOLLICUTES; POTENTILLA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA; PRUNUS VIRGINIANA; SALIX; TRIFOLIUM; ULMUS;

EID: 33745328098     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1999.496.5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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