Improved detection of viruses and phytoplasmas in fruit tree tissue cultures

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 550, Issue , 2001, Pages 463-469

  Da Câmara Machado, M Laimer ^a   Heinrich, M ^a   Hanzer, V ^a   Arthofer, W ^a   Strommer, S ^a   Paltrinieri, S ^b   Martini, M ^b   Bertaccini, A ^b   Kummert, J ^c   Davies, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Unità Complessa di Istituti Scienze e Tecnologie Agroindustriali e Agroambientali   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d Horticultural Research International   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broad spectrum and specific assays; In vitro culture; Malus; Pathogen indexing in vitro; Prunus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846527995     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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