Specific Detection and Identification of American Mulberry-Infecting and Italian Olive-Associated Strains of Xylella fastidiosa by Polymerase Chain Reaction

• Wei Guan,

  Affiliations Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China, Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Jonathan Shao,

  Affiliation Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Toufic Elbeaino,

  Affiliation Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo, Via Ceglie 9, 70010, Valenzano (BA), Italy

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• Robert E. Davis,

  Affiliation Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Tingchang Zhao,

  Affiliation Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Qi Huang

  * E-mail: qi.huang@ars.usda.gov

  Affiliation Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

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