Molecular characterization of an aster yellows phytoplasma associated with proliferation of periwinkle in Malaysia

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2305-2315

  Nejat, Naghmeh ^a   Sijam, Kamaruzaman ^a   Abdullah, Siti Nor Akmar ^a   Vadamalai, Ganesan ^a   Dickinson, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aster yellows phytoplasma; Cloning; Periwinkle; Polymerase chain reaction; Virtual restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; PROTEIN SECA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ARTICLE; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MALAYSIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ASTER YELLOWS PHYTOPLASMA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS;

EID: 77951214765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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