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Identification and molecular characterization of phytoplasmas and rickettsia pathogens associated with ‘Bunchy Top Symptom’ (BTS) and ‘Papaya Bunchy Top’ (PBT) of papaya in Cuba
2013-03-01
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Two different papaya diseases have been previously reported in Cuba, Bunchy Top Symptom (BTS) associated with a phytoplasma of group 16SrII ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia’ and Papaya Bunchy Top (PBT), associated with a rickettsia. Regarding the regional phytosanitary impact of both diseases for the papaya crop, the present study investigated the occurrence of BTS and PBT in papaya fields in Cuba, and the pos...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 3baea28b-6983-5ff7-b11c-9189f98ff77f
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cropro.2012.11.016
