Open AccessFirst report of a phytoplasma associated with Bermuda grass white leaf disease in Kenya
Author(s) -
Obura E.,
Masiga D.,
Midega C.A.O.,
Wachira F.,
Pickett J.A.,
Deng A.L.,
Khan Z.R.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
new disease reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.184
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2044-0588
DOI - 10.5197/j.2044-0588.2010.021.023
Subject(s) - phytoplasma , cynodon dactylon , biology , 16s ribosomal rna , nested polymerase chain reaction , botany , restriction fragment length polymorphism , polymerase chain reaction , horticulture , gene , biochemistry
Bermuda grass (=Star grass), Cynodon dactylon , is a perennial plant of the family Poaceae that is native to the African Savannah but is now widely distributed over many warm countries of the world (Marcone et al ., 1997). C. dactylon plants…