Phytoplasma and phytoplasma diseases: A review of recent research

Phytopathologia Mediterranea

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-378

  Bertaccini, Assunta ^a   Duduk, Bojan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF PESTICIDES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Classification; Detection; Phytoplasma; Plant diseases; Plant host interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951602889     PISSN: 00319465     EISSN: 15932095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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