Abstract

Five EcoRI restriction fragments consisting of chromosomal DNA of the mycoplasmalike organism (MLO) associated with lethal yellowing (LY) disease of Manila palm (Veitchia merrillii) in Florida were cloned and identified. When used individually as [ 32 P]dATP-labeled probes in dot and Southern hybridizations at high stringency, four of five probes consistently hybridized to DNA extracts derived from LY-affected palms only (...)

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