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Cytochemistry of Virus-Infected Plant Cells

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Electron Microscopy of Plant Pathogens

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Most plant viruses induce cytological changes in the host cells that can readily be observed with the light or electron microscope in appropriately chosen and processed tissue samples.

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    Giovanni P. Martelli

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    Dietrich-Eckhardt Lesemann

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Martelli, G.P. (1991). Cytochemistry of Virus-Infected Plant Cells. In: Mendgen, K., Lesemann, DE. (eds) Electron Microscopy of Plant Pathogens. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75818-8_8

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