Molecular diagnostics and phylogenetic analysis of 'Candidatus phytoplasma asteris' (16SrI- Aster yellow group) infecting banana (Musa spp.)

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 5819-5824

  Singh, Braj Raj ^a   Aminuddin, ^b   Al Khedhairy, Abdulaziz A ^a   Al Qurainy, Fahad ^a   Musarrat, Javed ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

16SrDNA; Banana; Cloning; Phylogenetic analysis; Phytoplasma; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA; PLASMID VECTOR; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BANANA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA ASTERIS; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; STUNTING SYNDROME;

CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA ASTERIS; EPINEPHELUS AWOARA; MUSA;

EID: 71649087377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb09.1046     Document Type: Article

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