Widespread occurrence of "Candidatus liberibacter africanus subspecies capensis" in Calodendrum capense in South Africa

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-47

  Phahladira, McLedwaba Nkgobe Baby ^a,b   Viljoen, Ronel ^b   Pietersen, Gerhard ^a,b  

^a PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape chestnut; Citrus greening; Huanglongbing; Liberibacter; Trioza erytreae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DICOTYLEDON; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRUIT; HORTICULTURE; ORCHARD; PEST SPECIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; SUBSPECIES;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

CALODENDRUM CAPENSE; CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER; CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER AFRICANUS; CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER AMERICANUS; CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER ASIATICUS; CITRUS; TRIOZA ERYTREAE;

EID: 84864412707     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-012-0020-7     Document Type: Article

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