Phytoplasmas associated with disease of coconut in Malaysia: Phylogenetic groups and host plant species

Plant Pathology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1152-1160

  Nejat, N ^a   Sijam, K ^a   Abdullah, S N A ^b   Vadamalai, G ^a   Dickinson, M ^c  

^a Plant Protection Department

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bermudagrass; Cocos nucifera; Malaysia; Oilpalm; Periwinkle; Phytoplasma

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN TREE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST PLANT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYTOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOM;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA CYNODONTIS; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; COCOS NUCIFERA; CYNODON (ANGIOSPERM); CYNODON DACTYLON; ELAEIS; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; PHYTOPLASMA ASTERIS;

EID: 70449465094     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2009.02153.x     Document Type: Article

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