Detection of pear blister canker viroid in pome fruit orchards across Australia

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 657, Issue , 2004, Pages 373-378

  Joyce, P ^a   Rodoni, B ^a   Crosslin, J M ^b   Howell, W E ^b   Eastwell, K C ^b  

^a Inst for Horticultural Development   (Australia)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloning; Molecular detection; Pear blister canker viroid; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745876895     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.657.59     Document Type: Conference Paper

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