The epidemiology and management of seedborne bacterial diseases

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2008, Pages 371-397

  Gitaitis, Ronald ^a   Walcott, Ronald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Phytopathogenic bacteria; Seed health assays

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; INCIDENCE; PLANT DISEASES; POLLEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDS;

EID: 35148871246     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.45.062806.094321     Document Type: Review

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