'Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola', associated with a lethal yellowing-type disease of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) in Mozambique

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue PART 6, 2014, Pages 1890-1899

  Harrison, Nigel A ^a   Davis, Robert E ^b   Oropeza, Carlos ^c   Helmick, Ericka E ^a   Narváez, María ^c   Eden Green, Simon ^d   Dollet, Michel ^e   Dickinson, Matthew ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^d EG Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^e CIRAD   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COCONUT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GHANA; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOZAMBIQUE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; YELLOWING TYPE DISEASE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COCOS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOZAMBIQUE; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT DISEASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84902668447     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.060053-0     Document Type: Article

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