Article
Molecular fingerprinting suggests two primary outbreaks of witches' broom disease (Crinipellis perniciosa) of Theobroma cacao in Bahia, Brazil
1999-02-01
Abstract excerpt
Crinipellis perniciosa(Stahel) Singer is the causal agent of witches broom disease in the Sterculiaceae, Solanaceae and Bixaceae families. The disease is endemic to the Brazilian Amazon and was first reported infecting Theobroma cacao (cocoa) in the State of Bahia, Brazil, in 1989. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analyses were performed in 46 isolates of C. perniciosa from cocoa that were collected from 15...
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- Literature Corpus work
- b0377895-d292-5680-83cf-caca6357d235
- DOI
- 10.1023/a:1008716000479
