Characterisation of pectobacterium wasabiae causing blackleg and soft rot diseases in South Africa

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 279-288

  Moleleki, Lucy N ^a   Onkendi, Edward M ^a   Mongae, Aobakwe ^a   Kubheka, Gugulethu C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Emerging soft rot Enterobacteriaceae; Soft rot Erwinia; T3SS

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; CARBON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; POTATO; STEM; SYMPTOM; TOBACCO; VIRULENCE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERWINIA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PECTOBACTERIUM; PECTOBACTERIUM ATROSEPTICUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM SUBSP. BRASILIENSIS; PECTOBACTERIUM WASABIAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84871934617     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-012-0084-4     Document Type: Article

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