Bacterial leaf scorch of landscape trees: What we know and what we do not know

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 376-385

  Sherald, James L ^a  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative hosts; BLS; Leafhoppers; Pierce's disease; Xylella fastidiosa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; LANDSCAPE; PATHOGEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CICADELLIDAE; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 35648957661     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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