Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii: Lessons learned from a xylem-dwelling pathogen of sweet corn

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 628-637

  Roper, M Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MAIZE; MICROBIOLOGY; PANTOEA; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; XYLEM;

PANTOEA; PLANT DISEASES; XYLEM; ZEA MAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICKEYA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PANTOEA; PANTOEA STEWARTII SUBSP. STEWARTII; PECTOBACTERIUM; SALMONELLA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79960419828     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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