Phytoplasmas associated with disease of coconut in Malaysia: Phylogenetic groups and host plant species

• Main Authors: Nejat, Naghmeh, Sijam, Kamaruzaman, Abdullah, Siti Nor Akmar, Vadamalai, Ganesan, Dickinson, Matthew
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5571/1/Phytoplasmas%20associated%20with%20disease%20of%20coconut%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5571/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2009.02153.x

Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera), oil palm (Elaeis guineensis), Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) and Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) with symptoms indicative of phytoplasma disease were collected from different locations in Malaysia. PCR assays employing phytoplasma universal rRNA gene prime...