Article
Molecular Identification of a New Member of the Clover Proliferation Phytoplasma Group (16SrVI) Associated with Centaurea Solstitialis Virescence in Italy
2004-04-01
Abstract excerpt
In the United States, yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) is an annual invasive weed with Mediterranean origins. Malformed plants displaying witches' broom, fasciations, abortion of buds and flower virescence symptoms were observed in central Italy. Attempts to transmit the causal agent from the natural yellow starthistle host to periwinkle by grafting, resulted in typical symptoms of a phytoplasma, i.e. y...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 7ecde4d4-16bc-5fcd-b957-97426eaf3d7a
- DOI
- 10.1023/b:ejpp.0000021059.85956.f2
