Transmission of tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid by bumblebees (bombus ignitus) in tomato plants

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-115

  Matsuura, Shohei ^a   Shimizu, Sachiko ^a   Matsushita, Yosuke ^b   Kozuka, Reiko ^c   Tsuda, Shinya ^d  

^a HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Chiba Prefectural Agriculture and Forestry Research Center   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anther; Pollination; Potato spindle tuber viroid; Quantitative PCR; Rutgers

Indexed keywords

BEE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTOMOPHILY; FLOWER; FRUIT; INFECTIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VIRAL DISEASE; VIROID;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS IGNITUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; POTATO SPINDLE TUBER VIROID; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TOMATO CHLOROTIC DWARF VIROID; VIROIDS;

EID: 71049163420     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-009-9515-2     Document Type: Article

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