Open AccessFirst report of a phytoplasma associated with an axillary shoot proliferation disease in papaya in India
Author(s) -
Verma R.,
Mungekar D.,
Gaikwad P.,
Tomer S.P.S,
Datar V.V.
Publication year - 2012
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.2044-0588.2012.025.018
Subject(s) - phytoplasma , chlorosis , carica , biology , catharanthus roseus , horticulture , shoot , nested polymerase chain reaction , crop , indian subcontinent , polymerase chain reaction , botany , restriction fragment length polymorphism , agronomy , gene , history , ancient history , biochemistry
Papaya ( Carica papaya ) is a popular fruit crop widely cultivated in India and affected by a number of phytoplasma diseases worldwide such as dieback (Guthrie et al., 1998; Gera et al., 2005; Arocha et al., 2007a; Rao et al., 2011), bunchy…