Assunta Bertaccini1

  • 1Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. assunta.bertaccini@unibo.it.

まとめ

植物マイコプラズマの検出と分類は、分子ツールを使用して30年間で著しく進歩し、植物病原体の同定が改善されました。植物マイコプラズマの生物学に関するさらなる研究は、効果的で環境に優しい病害管理と生物多様性の保全にとって不可欠です。

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