In planta multiplication and graft transmission of 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' revealed by Real-Time PCR

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-60

  Coletta Filho, H D ^a   Carlos, E F ^b   Alves, K C S ^a   Pereira, M A R ^a   Boscariol Camargo, R L ^a   de Souza, A A ^a   Machado, M A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Citrus; Greening; Huanglongbing; In vivo quantification

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BUD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA; FRUIT SET; INFECTIVITY; INOCULATION; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SHOOT; SYMPTOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER ASIATICUS; CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS; CITRUS X LIMONIA;

EID: 71049128959     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-009-9523-2     Document Type: Article

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