'Candidatus phytoplasma phoenicium'-related strains infecting almond, peach and nectarine in Lebanon

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 64, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Lova, Marina Molino ^a   Quaglino, Fabio ^a   Abou Jawdah, Youssuf ^b   Choueiri, Elia ^c   Sobh, Hana ^b   Alma, Alberto ^d   Tedeschi, Rosemarie ^d   Casati, Paola ^a   Bianco, Piero A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c LEBANESE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Lebanon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Phytoplasma classification; Restriction fragment length polymorphism; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA PHOENICIUM; HEXAPODA; PRUNUS DULCIS; PRUNUS PERSICA; PRUNUS PERSICA NUCIPERSICA;

EID: 80054846582     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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