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Integrated Management of Phytoplasma Diseases
Sustainable approaches to control phytoplasma-associated diseases are of utmost importance. The use of phytoplasma-resistant host plants and of phytoplasma-free material for new plantings could represent a starting point for phytoplasma disease ...
and Bertaccini A. +4 more
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Wheat blue dwarf (WBD) disease is an important disease that has caused heavy losses in wheat production in northwestern China. This disease is caused by WBD phytoplasma, which is transmitted by Psammotettix striatus.
Wang Chen +4 more
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Update on phytoplasma diseases associated with starchy root and tuber crops in Asia [PDF]
Starchy roots and tuber crops play a pivotal role in the human diet and offer numerous desirable nutritional and health benefits. Many starchy tuber crops, except the common potatoes, sweet potatoes, and cassava, are not yet fully explored for their ...
Serçe, Çiğdem Ulubaş +3 more
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Isolation of phytoplasmas associated to frogskin disease in cassava
Frogskin is the most limiting disease of cassava crops in Colombia, causing losses in production up to 90%. Since this disease was associatated with 16SrIII phytoplasma presence, a study was carried out to isolate this phytoplasma using liquid and solid ...
Carlos Betancourt +3 more
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Phytoplasma-Triggered Ca2+ Influx Is Involved in Sieve-Tube Blockage
Phytoplasmas are obligate, phloem-restricted phytopathogens that are disseminated by phloem-sap-sucking insects. Phytoplasma infection severely impairs assimilate translocation in host plants and might be responsible for massive changes in phloem ...
Rita Musetti +6 more
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Pumpkin plants showing symptoms of witches’ broom (PuWB) were observed in Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region, China, in September 2018. A phytoplasma was detected in symptomatic plants by PCR amplifying portions of the 16S ribosomal and tuf genes.
Xu WANG +3 more
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Identifikasi Molekuler Fitoplasma yang Berasosiasi dengan Tanaman Kaktus Hias Opuntia sp.
Cactus species (Opuntia sp.) is a popular ornamental succulent plant. Some ornamental cactus species in Indonesia showing proliferation and green mosaic pattern symptoms have been reported to be associated with phytoplasma infection.
Ariny Prasetya +3 more
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ABSTRACT The planthopper Pentastiridius leporinus (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) is the primary vector of two phloem‐restricted prokaryotes, which can cause the disease syndrome de basses richesses (SBR) in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.). Heavy infestations of this insect have contributed to significant yield losses in Central Europe, but little is known about ...
Pamela Bruno +5 more
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Convolvulus arvensis: A new natural alternative host for ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma australasia’ associated with a chickpea phyllody disease in Pakistan [PDF]
Chickpea is an important pulse crop extensively grown in the arid and semi-arid areas of Pakistan. In April 2019, during routine data collection from chickpea fields in NIAB, Faisalabad, a few Convolvulus arvensis plants were observed with symptoms ...
Khalid Pervaiz Akhtar +2 more
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Phytoplasma symptoms, including proliferation, witches’ broom, leaf rolling and yellowing, were observed in jujube (Ziziphus jujube) nurseries in the East of Iran.
Ghobad BABAEI +3 more
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