mRNA from selected genes is useful for specific detection and quantification of viable Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri

Plant Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 479-488

  Golmohammadi, M ^a,e   Llop, P ^a   Scuderi, G ^b   Gell, I ^c   Graham, J H ^d   Cubero, J ^c  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c INIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Iran Citrus Research Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bacterial survival; Citrus; Citrus bacterial canker; Real time PCR; Viable bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMICAL CONTROL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVERGREEN TREE; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; STABILIZATION; SURVIVAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; XANTHOMONAS CITRI;

EID: 84860757675     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2011.02526.x     Document Type: Article

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