Use of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) for identification of phytoplasmas in plants

Plant Pathology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 357-365

  Hodgetts, J ^a   Ball, T ^a   Boonham, N ^b   Mumford, R ^b   Dickinson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Disease detection; Fragment analysis; Mollicutes; Phytoplasma; T RFLP profile

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST; DNA; ENZYME; HOST PLANT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PHYTOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TAXONOMY;

CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; MOLLICUTES;

EID: 34248347360     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2006.01561.x     Document Type: Article

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