Antimicrobial Activity of Metabolites Secreted by the Endophytic Bacterium Frateuria defendens
Candidatus Phytoplasma, the causative agent of yellows disease, inflicts substantial damage on several hundred plant species including perennials and annual plants. The endophytic bacterium Frateuria defendens reduces the symptoms of yellows disease in a
Alaa Naama-Amar +6 more
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Phylogenetic Triage and Risk Assessment: How to Predict Emerging Phytoplasma Diseases
Phytoplasma diseases pose a substantial threat to diverse crops of agricultural importance. Management measures are usually implemented only after the disease has already occurred.
Katrin Janik +4 more
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During survey, 12 Jackal jujube plant samples showing the symptoms of witches’ broom disease were collected from the Shivamogga district of Karnataka, India, between 2017 and 2018. The causal agent associated with Jackal jujube witches’ broom disease was
C. N. Lakshmınarayana Reddy +5 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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The vector of the phytoplasma responsible for the coconut lethal yellowing disease in West Africa is unknown to date. However, it is known that phytoplasmas are transmitted by leafhoppers and planthoppers, which are supposed to be the only ones able to ...
Pilet Fabian +7 more
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Witches’ broom disease caused by phytoplasma is a very serious disease on peanut (Arachis hypogaea) which may potentially lead to high yield loss. Insects are the most important agents of phytoplasma transmission in the field.
Tatit Sastrini, Kikin Hamzah Mutaqin
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Discovery of potential protein biomarkers associated with sugarcane white leaf disease susceptibility using a comparative proteomic approach [PDF]
Sugarcane white leaf disease (SCWLD) is caused by phytoplasma, a serious sugarcane phytoplasma pathogen, which causes significant decreases in crop yield and sugar quality.
Kantinan Leetanasaksakul +7 more
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Identification and impact of phytoplasmas associated with greenhouse cucumber phyllody in Iran
Cucumber phyllody symptoms were observed in greenhouse cucumber plants during 20142018 in all surveyed areas of central and west of Iran where the highest disease incidence was up to 82% in Taft (Yazd province).
Seyyed Alireza Esmaeilzadeh-Hosseini +3 more
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‘Candidatus Phytoplasma lycopersici’, a phytoplasma associated with ‘hoja de perejil’ disease in Bolivia [PDF]
New diseases known locally as ‘hoja de perejil’ of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) and ‘brotes grandes’ of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) were first recognized in surveys of production fields in Bolivia during 2000–2003. Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) witches' broom and little leaf diseases of native weeds Morrenia variegata and mora-mora (Serjania ...
Arocha, Y. +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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