Occurrence of strawberry marginal chlorosis caused by "Candidatus Phlomobacter fragariae" in Japan

Journal of General Plant Pathology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 374-377

  Tanaka, Minoru ^a   Nao, Masahiro ^b   Usugi, Tomio ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b Agricultural Experiment Station of Ehime Prefecture   (Japan)

Author keywords

"Candidatus Phlomobacter fragariae"; Bacterium like organism; Fragaria x ananassa Duch.; Marginal chlorosis of strawberry

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS PHLOMOBACTER FRAGARIAE; CITRUS GREENING DISEASE-ASSOCIATED BACTERIUM; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 33847628002     PISSN: 13452630     EISSN: 1610739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10327-006-0308-6     Document Type: Article

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