Characterisation of naturally occurring Erwinia amylovora strains lacking the common plasmid pEA29 and their detection with real-time PCR

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 293-302

  Mohammadi, M ^a,c   Moltmann, E ^b   Zeller, W ^a   Geider, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b Landwirtschaftliches Technologiezentrum Augustenberg Außenstelle Stuttgart ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fire blight; Plasmid pEA29; RtPCR; Specific detection; TaqMan

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; FRUIT; GROWTH RATE; HOST PLANT; ISOLATED POPULATION; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VIRULENCE;

ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS;

EID: 67349160481     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-008-9417-8     Document Type: Article

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