Transmission of Methylobacterium mesophilicum by Bucephalogonia xanthophis for paratransgenic control strategy of Citrus variegated chlorosis

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 448-454

  Gai, Cláudia Santos ^a   Lacava, Paulo Teixeira ^a   Quecine, Maria Carolina ^a   Auriac, Marie Christine ^b   Lopes, João Roberto Spotti ^a   Araújo, Welington Luiz ^a   Miller, Thomas Albert ^c   Azevedo, João Lúcio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LABORATOIRE DES INTERACTIONS PLANTES MICROORGANISMES LIPM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endophytic symbionts; Sharpshooters; Symbiotic control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CATHARANTHUS; CITRUS FRUIT; DISEASE CARRIER; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMIPTERA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; XYLELLA; XYLEM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOSIS; CATHARANTHUS; CITRUS; HEMIPTERA; INSECT VECTORS; METHYLOBACTERIUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; XYLELLA; XYLEM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CICADELLIDAE; CITRUS; HEXAPODA; METHYLOBACTERIUM MESOPHILICUM; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 70350158065     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-008-0303-z     Document Type: Article

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