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Molecular hybridisation analysis of a nucleic acid extract from a nectarine tree with reduced leaf production, rosetting and abnormal open growth habit has identified peach latent mosaic viroid. This is the first report of this viroid in an Australian orchard.
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Di Serio, F., Malfitano, M., Flores, R. et al. Detection of peach latent mosaic viroid in Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology 28, 80–81 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1071/AP99011
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/AP99011