Leaf-associated bacterial microbiota of coffee and its correlation with manganese and calcium levels on leaves

Abstract Coffee is one of the most valuable agricultural commodities and the plants’ leaves are the primary site of infection for most coffee diseases, such as the devastating coffee leaf rust. Therefore, the use of bacterial microbiota that inhabits coffee leaves to fight infections could be an alt...

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Main Authors: Leandro Pio de Sousa, Marcio José da Silva, Jorge Maurício Costa Mondego
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2018-05-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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16S
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572018005008102&lng=en&tlng=en