Aetiology of Opuntia ficus-indica malformations and stunting disease

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 317-325

  Granata, G ^a   Paltrinieri, S ^b   Botti, S ^b   Bertaccini, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cactus pear; Disease aetiology; Molecular identification; Phytoplasma

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIC; ETIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; PLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN; RNA;

CARLENTINI; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SIRACUSA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CACTACEAE; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 33845496303     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2006.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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