Squash vein yellowing virus detection using nested polymerase chain reaction demonstrates that the cucurbit weed Momordica charantia is a reservoir host

Plant Disease

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1119-1123

  Adkins, Scott ^a   Webb, Susan E ^b   Baker, Carlye A ^c   Kousik, Chandrasekar S ^d  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF PLANT INDUSTRY   (United States)

^d USDA ARS US Vegetable Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; FRUIT JUICES; POLYMERIZATION; PUMPS; VIRUSES;

FLORIDA; MANAGEMENT PLANNING; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NESTED PCR; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PENDULA; PLANT DEATH; VIRUS DETECTION;

COMPUTER VIRUSES;

ALEYRODIDAE; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; IPOMOVIRUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MELOTHRIA PENDULA; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA;

EID: 47649095926     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-92-7-1119     Document Type: Article

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