Pectinolytic bacteria associated with potato soft rot and blackleg in South Africa and Zimbabwe

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 533-549

  Ngadze, Elizabeth ^a,b   Brady, Carrie L ^a   Coutinho, Teresa A ^a   van der Waals, Jacquie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Erwinia; Genetic diversity; Pathogenicity; Soft rot; Solanum tuberosum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CROP PRODUCTION; DISEASE SPREAD; GENETIC VARIATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; POTATO; SAMPLING; SYMPTOM;

SOUTH AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICKEYA DADANTII; ERWINIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM SUBSP. BRASILIENSIS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84867115259     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-012-0036-z     Document Type: Article

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