Article
First Report of a ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni’-Related Strain Associated with Commercial Poinsettias in Canada
2021-10-01
Abstract excerpt
The poinsettia, Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. Ex Klotzsch (family Euphorbiaceae) is the second-largest potted ornamental crop in Canada; approximately 4.2 million pots per year are grown in Ontario greenhouses (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 2020). Their commercially popular compact appearance is due to a branch-inducing factor, the PoiBI phytoplasma (Lee et al. 1995). Millions of potted poinsettias are the most...
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- Literature Corpus work
- c2f03717-bd00-5ad0-ae58-a250536759dd
- DOI
- 10.1094/pdis-03-21-0504-pdn
