Witches'-broom disease of lime affects seed germination and seedling growth but is not seed transmissible

Plant Disease

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 419-422

  Faghihi, M M ^a   Bagheri, A N ^a   Bahrami, H R ^a   Hasanzadeh, H ^a   Rezazadeh, R ^a   Siampour, M ^b   Samavi, S ^a   Salehi, M ^c   Izadpanah, K ^b  

^a Hormozgan Agriculture and Natural Resources Research Center   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Fars Agriculture and Natural Resources Research Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA AURANTIFOLIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79955436141     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-06-10-0400     Document Type: Article

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