Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. beticola, a new pathovar of pathogens in sugar beet

Plant Disease

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 677-684

  Chen, Yong Fang ^a   Yin, Yan Ni ^a   Zhang, Xiao Mei ^b   Guo, Jian Hua ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhuhai Animals and Plants Inspection Center   (China)

Author keywords

Plant pathogenic coryneform bacteria (PPCB); Polyphasic analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ENZYMES; PATHOGENS; PIGMENTS;

HYDROLYZED CASEIN; PLANT PATHOGENIC CORYNEFORM BACTERIA (PPCB); POLYPHASIC ANALYSIS;

SUGAR BEETS;

BACTERIA; ENZYMES; FARM CROPS; PATHOGENS; PIGMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; CURTOBACTERIUM FLACCUMFACIENS; CURTOBACTERIUM FLACCUMFACIENS PV. BETICOLA; CURTOBACTERIUM FLACCUMFACIENS PV. FLACCUMFACIENS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34249047657     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-91-6-0677     Document Type: Article

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