Maize bush stunt and corn stunt: Diseases of corn caused by molicutes/ <br>Enfezamentos vermelho e pálido: Doenças em milho causadas por molicutes

Maize Bushy Stunt and Corn Stunt are diseases of corn caused respectively by a phytoplasma (maize bushy stunt phytoplasma) and by Spiroplasma kunkelii. Both agents are restricted to the floem vessels of diseased plants. The leafhopper Dalbulus maidis is the vector of the diseases. The diseases are v...

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Main Author: Nelson Sidnei Massola Júnior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Londrina 2001-05-01
Series:Semina: Ciências Agrárias
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Online Access:http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semagrarias/article/view/2058