Infection of horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) by Pseudomonas syringae pv. aesculi and its detection by quantitative real-time PCR

Plant Pathology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 731-744

  Green, S ^a   Laue, B ^a   Fossdal, C G ^b   A'Hara, S W ^a   Cottrell, J E ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aesculus hippocastanum; Bleeding canker; Gyrase B gene sequence; Pseudomonas syringae pv. aesculi; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST PLANT; ISOLATED POPULATION; LESION; PATHOGEN; PATHOGENICITY; PHLOEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAPLING;

AESCULUS; AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. AESCULI;

EID: 67651213816     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2009.02065.x     Document Type: Article

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