Recent lethal yellowing outbreak: Why is the Malayan Yellow Dwarf Coconut no longer resistant in Jamaica?

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-131

  Lebrun, P ^a   Baudouin, L ^a   Myrie, W ^b   Berger, A ^a   Dollet, M ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b CIBN   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Cultivar identification; Disease resistance; Lethal yellowing; Molecular markers; Phytoplasma; SSR

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 36448963456     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-007-0093-1     Document Type: Article

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