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Mycoplasmalike organisms inVaccinium myrtillus L. infected with blueberry witches broom

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We confirm Kegler’s et al. (1973) finding of MLO in blueberries diseased with witches broom described by Blattný and Starý (1940) as a virus disease. MLO, 150–700 nm in diameter were found sporadically in the etiolated underground parts of the shoots and in the roots, especially in sieve tubes and floem-parenchyma.

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Blattný, C., Váňa, V. Mycoplasmalike organisms inVaccinium myrtillus L. infected with blueberry witches broom. Biol Plant 16, 476–478 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02922242

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