Top 10 plant pathogenic bacteria in molecular plant pathology

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 614-629

  Mansfield, John ^a   Genin, Stephane ^b   Magori, Shimpei ^c   Citovsky, Vitaly ^c   Sriariyanum, Malinee ^d,l   Ronald, Pamela ^d   Dow, Max ^e   Verdier, Valérie ^f   Beer, Steven V ^g   Machado, Marcos A ^h   Toth, Ian ⁱ   Salmond, George ^j   Foster, Gary D ^k  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE DES INTERACTIONS PLANTES MICROORGANISMES LIPM   (France)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^g Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^h INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO   (Brazil)

ⁱ SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^l KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY NORTH BANGKOK   (Thailand)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; PLANT PATHOLOGY; PLANTS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER ASIATICUS; CLAVIBACTER MICHIGANENSIS; DICKEYA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; PECTOBACTERIUM; PECTOBACTERIUM ATROSEPTICUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SAVASTANOI; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE; XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE PV. ORYZAE; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 84863551304     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2012.00804.x     Document Type: Review

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