Nucleic acid-based pathogen detection in applied plant pathology

Plant Disease

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 660-669

  Vincelli, Paul ^a   Tisserat, Ned ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 44349166987     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-92-5-0660     Document Type: Review

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