Seasonal colonisation of apple trees by 'Candidatus Phytoplasma mali' revealed by a new quantitative TaqMan real-time PCR approach

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 455-467

  Baric, Sanja ^a   Berger, Jennifer ^a   Cainelli, Christian ^a   Kerschbamer, Christine ^a   Letschka, Thomas ^a   Dalla Via, Josef ^a  

^a Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry Laimburg   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACO gene; Apple proliferation phytoplasma; Internal normalisation standard; Malus domestica; Phytoplasma quantification

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; COLONIZATION; CYTOLOGY; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; ORCHARD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; SAMPLING; SYMPTOM;

EUROPE;

CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA MALI; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 79551574792     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-010-9706-x     Document Type: Article

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