Isolation and characterization of a virus from fig leaves exhibiting mosaic symptoms and development of a sensitive detection procedure for this virus

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 798, Issue , 2008, Pages 259-262

  Salomon, R ^a   Mawassi, M ^a   Flaishman, M A ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

dsRNA; ELISA; RT PCR; Symptoms; Virus

Indexed keywords

FICUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 71449109610     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2008.798.37     Document Type: Conference Paper

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