Ecological impact of solar ultraviolet-B (UV-B: 320-290 nm) radiation on Corynebacterium aquaticum and Xanthomonas sp. colonization on tea phyllosphere in relation to blister blight disease incidence in the field

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 513-519

  Gunasekera, T S ^a,b   Paul, N D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Camellia sinensis; Corynebacterium aquaticum; Exobasidium vexans; Phyllosphere; Rainfall; UV B radiation; Xanthomonas sp.

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; POPULATION STATISTICS; RADIATION EFFECTS; TROPICS;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM AQUATICA; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; EXOBASIDIUM VEXAN; PHYLLOSPHERES; ULTRAVIOLET-B; UV-B RADIATION; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS SP.;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIA; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MICROBIOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LEAF; POPULATION DENSITY; SOLAR RADIATION; TEA; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL BLIGHT; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL PLANT DISEASE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLISTER BLIGHT DISEASE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM AQUATICUM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TEA; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; XANTHOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMELLIA SINENSIS; EXOBASIDIUM VEXANS; LEIFSONIA AQUATICA; XANTHOMONAS SP.;

EID: 34247378729     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.02102.x     Document Type: Article

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