Establishment of a new phytoplasma subgroup, 16SrI-Q, to accommodate a previously undescribed phytoplasma found in diseased cherry in Lithuania

Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-75

  Valiunas, D ^a   Jomantiene, R ^a   Davis, R E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Lithuania)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cherry; Detection; Identification; Phylogeny; Phytopathogenic mollicutes

Indexed keywords

EID: 67049088837     PISSN: 11254653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4454/jpp.v91i1.626     Document Type: Article

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