Eucalyptus occidentalis plantlets are naturally infected by pathogenic Agrobacterium tumefaciens

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-246

  Krimi, Zoulikha ^a   Raio, Aïda ^b   Petit, Annik ^c   Nesme, Xavier ^d   Dessaux, Yves ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BLIDA   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DU VÉGÉTAL   (France)

^d University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Agrocin 84; Opine; Plant pathogen; Ti plasmid

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BACTERIUM; DNA; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREE;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; EUCALYPTUS CLADOCALYX; EUCALYPTUS OCCIDENTALIS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 33749515917     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-006-9055-y     Document Type: Article

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