Current status of phytoplasma diseases of forest and landscape trees and shrubs

Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-36

  Marcone, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alder yellows; Ash yellows; Elm yellows; Symptomatology; Taxonomic group; Candidatus Phytoplasma species

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; HEXAPODA; ULMUS;

EID: 84928879474     PISSN: 11254653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4454/JPP.V97I1.004     Document Type: Article

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