Phytoplasmas: Genetics, diagnosis and relationships with the plant and insect host

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1353-1375

  Firrao, Giuseppe ^a   Garcia Chapa, Meritxell ^b   Marzachì, Cristina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANT PROTECTION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Extrachromosomal DNA; Genome; Host Interaction; Phytoplasma; Review; Vector

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34249792648     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/2153     Document Type: Article

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