First report of the molecular identification of a phytoplasma associated with dieback disease of papaya in Sri Lanka

Authors :: Matthew Dickinson
W.G.S.M. Kumari
I.M.M. Arachchi
Saman Abeysinghe
Source :: New Disease Reports. 29:13-13
Publication Year :: 2014
Publisher :: Wiley, 2014.
Abstract: Papaya ( Carica papaya) is a very popular fruit crop in Sri Lanka, grown as a home garden and commercial crop for local and export markets. Papaya is commercially cultivated in Sri Lanka in about 8,000 ha with production of about 32,000 …

Subjects :: biology
business.industry
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Plant Science
biology.organism_classification
Biotechnology
Crop
Phytoplasma
Forest gardening
Sri lanka
Carica
business
Agronomy and Crop Science
Molecular identification

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