Soft rot inciting Pectobacterium carotovorum (syn. Erwinia carotovora) is unlikely to be transmitted as a latent pathogen in micropropagated banana

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 423-429

  Thomas, Pious ^a   Goplakrishnan, Chinnaian ^a   Krishnareddy, Manem ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Banana; Covert bacteria; Endophyte; Erwinia carotovora; Latent pathogen; Micropropagation; Musa sp.; Pectobacterium carotovorum

Indexed keywords

BANANA; COVERT BACTERIA; ENDOPHYTE; ERWINIA CAROTOVORA; LATENT PATHOGEN; MICROPROPAGATION; MUSA SP; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM;

BACTERIOLOGY; FRUITS; SOIL TESTING; TISSUE; TISSUE CULTURE;

PATHOGENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; MUSA SP.; PECTOBACTERIUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM;

EID: 79957467391     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-010-9882-6     Document Type: Article

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