A survey for 'Candidatus Liberibacter' species in South Africa confirms the presence of only 'Ca. L. africanus' in commercial citrus

Plant Disease

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 244-249

  Pietersen, G ^a,b,c   Arrebola, E ^a   Breytenbach, J H J ^b   Korsten, L ^a   Le Roux, H F ^b   La Grange, H ^d   Lopes, S A ^e   Meyer, J B ^b   Pretorius, M C ^b   Schwerdtfeger, M ^a   Van Vuuren, S P ^b   Yamamoto, P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b CITRUS RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL   (South Africa)

^c PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d Capespan   (South Africa)

^e Fundo de Defesa da Citricultura   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLICONS; CITRUS GREENING; CITRUS PRODUCTION; CITRUS TREE; DNA EXTRACTS; GENBANK; HEAT SENSITIVE; HUANGLONGBING; PHYTOPLASMAS; PROTEOBACTERIUM; REAL-TIME PCR; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; SOUTH AFRICA;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; GENES; ORCHARDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVEYS;

CALCIUM;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; CALODENDRUM CAPENSE; CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER; CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER AFRICANUS; CITRUS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 76249134155     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-94-2-0244     Document Type: Article

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