The potential of symptomless potted plants for carrying invasive soilborne plant pathogens

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1218-1229

  Migliorini, Duccio ^a   Ghelardini, Luisa ^b   Tondini, Elena ^b   Luchi, Nicola ^b   Santini, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANT PROTECTION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Phytophthora; qPCR; Biological invasions; Early detection; International trade; Invasive micro organisms; Molecular diagnostics; Nursery pathway; Soil pathway; Soilborne diseases

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NURSERY GROUND; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOILBORNE DISEASE;

EUROPE;

PHYTOPHTHORA;

EID: 84941009030     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12347     Document Type: Article

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