Molecular identification of some African strains of Ralstonia solanacearum from eucalypt and potato

Journal of General Plant Pathology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 369-373

  Fouché Weich, Joanne ^a   Poussier, Stéphane ^b   Trigalet Demery, Danielle ^c   Berger, Dave ^a   Coutinho, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Institut National d'Horticulture   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

AFLP; Bacterial wilt; Diagnostics; PCR RFLP; Ralstonia solanacearum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33847632126     PISSN: 13452630     EISSN: 1610739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10327-006-0307-7     Document Type: Article

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