Molecular characterization of elm yellows phytoplasmas in Croatia and their impact on Ulmus spp.

Plant Pathology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1430-1440

  Katanic Z ^a   Krstin, L ^a   Jezic M ^b   Zebec, M ^c   Curkovic Perica M ^b  

^a JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

elm yellows; genetic diversity; phylogeny; Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DETECTION METHOD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLASMA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CROATIA;

CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; ULMUS; ULMUS LAEVIS; ULMUS MINOR;

EID: 84962629963     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppa.12524     Document Type: Article

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