Association of 'candidatus phytoplasma phoenicium' with Gf-677 witches' broom in Iran

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 64, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Salehi, Mohammad ^a   Haghshenas, Fareeba ^b   Khanchezar, Amin ^a   Esmailzadeh Hosseini, Seyyed A ^c  

^a Fars Research Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources Iran   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Yazd   (Iran)

Author keywords

'Candidatus phytoplasma phoenicium'; GF 677 witches' broom; Iran

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA PHOENICIUM; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 80054846583     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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