Citrus stubborn severity is associated with spiroplasma citri titer but not with bacterial genotype

Plant Disease

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-82

  Mello, Alexandre F S ^a   Yokomi, Raymond K ^b   Melcher, Ulrich ^a   Chen, Jianchi C ^c   Fletcher, Jacqueline ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLICONS; BACTERIAL LEVELS; CITRUS PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENETIC DIFFERENCES; INFECTED TREES; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOMLY AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BACTERIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA CITRI;

EID: 75649090436     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-94-1-0075     Document Type: Article

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