Detection and variability of the lethal yellowing group (16Sr IV) phytoplasmas in the Cedusa sp. (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Derbidae) in Jamaica

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-62

  Brown, S E ^a   Been, B O ^b   McLaughlin, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Coconut Industry Board ^*  (Jamaica)

Author keywords

165 ribosomal RNA; Cedusa sp.; Derbidae; Hemiptera; Lethal yellowing group; Phytoplasma

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANTHOPPER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA;

ARCHAEORRHYNCHA; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; DERBIDAE; HEMIPTERA; LETHAL YELLOWING PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 33746354270     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2006.00072.x     Document Type: Article

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