Analysis of a prophage gene frequency revealed population variation of 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' from two citrus-growing provinces in China

Plant Disease

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 431-435

  Liu, Rui ^a   Zhang, Pei ^a   Pu, Xuelian ^a   Xing, Xiaoqian ^a   Chen, Jianchi ^b   Deng, Xiaoling ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER ASIATICUS; CITRUS;

EID: 79955420678     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-04-10-0300     Document Type: Article

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