Publications
| in situ pcr detection of phytoplasma dna in embryos from coconut palms with lethal yellowing disease. | summary dna of the lethal yellowing (ly) phytoplasma was detected in 13 of 72 embryos from fruits of four diseased atlantic tall coconut palms by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) assays employing phytoplasma universal rrna primer pair p1/p7, nested ly group-specific rrna primer pair 503f/ly16sr or ly phytoplasma-specific nonribosomal primer pair lyf1/r1. phytoplasma distribution in sectioned tissues from six pcr positive embryos was determined by in situ pcr and digoxigenin-11-deoxy-utp (dig) lab ... | 2003 | 20569368 |
| changes in carbohydrate metabolism in coconut palms infected with the lethal yellowing phytoplasma. | abstract lethal yellowing (ly), a disease caused by a phytoplasma, is the most devastating disease affecting coconut (cocos nucifera) in mexico. thousands of coconut palm trees have died on the yucatan peninsula while plantations in central america and on the pacific coast of mexico are severely threatened. polymerase chain reaction assays enable identification of incubating palm trees (stage 0+, phytoplasma detected but palm asymptomatic). with the development of ly, palm trees exhibit various ... | 2003 | 18943864 |