Phytoplasma diseases in New Zealand

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-166

  Liefting, Lia W ^a   Beever, Ross E ^b   Andersen, Mark T ^c   Clover, Gerard R G ^a  

^a Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Candidatus phytoplasma australiense'; Coprosma lethal decline; Cordyline sudden decline; Phormium yellow leaf; Poinsettia branch inducing phytoplasma; Strawberry lethal yellows

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA AUSTRALIENSE; COPROSMA; CORDYLINE; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; PHORMIUM; POINSETTIA BRANCH-INDUCING PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 77952042999     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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