Heat treatment eliminates 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' from infected citrus trees under controlled conditions

Phytopathology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-22

  Hoffman, Michele T ^a   Doud, Melissa S ^a   Williams, Lisa ^b   Zhang, Mu Qing ^c   Ding, Fang ^c   Stover, Ed ^a   Hall, David ^a   Zhang, Shouan ^c   Jones, Lisa ^b   Gooch, Mark ^b   Fleites, Laura ^d   Dixon, Wayne ^b   Gabriel, Dean ^d   Duan, Yong Ping ^a  

^a U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF PLANT INDUSTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CATHARANTHUS; CITRUS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIACEAE; TREE; WOOD;

CATHARANTHUS; CITRUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HOT TEMPERATURE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIACEAE; TREES; WOOD;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER; CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER ASIATICUS; CITRUS;

EID: 84871909839     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-06-12-0138-R     Document Type: Article

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