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We performed whole-genome sequencing of two phytoplasmas associated with sugarcane grassy shoot (SCGS) and Bermuda grass white leaf diseases. These are the first draft genomes of SCGS phytoplasma (strain SCGS) and ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma cynodontis ...
Kiran Kirdat +7 more
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Real-time PCR applied to study on plant pathogens: potential applications in diagnosis - a review
Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) technique incorporates traditional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) efficiency with the production of a specific fluorescent signal, measuring the kinetics of the reaction in the early PCR phases and providing ...
Seyed Mahyar MIRMAJLESSI +3 more
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Detection, identification, and significance of phytoplasmas in wild grasses in East Africa [PDF]
Plant-pathogenic phytoplasmas found in wild grasses in East Africa could pose a serious threat to the cultivation of Napier grass, Pennisetum purpureum, the most important livestock fodder in the region.
Pickett, J. A. +17 more
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Detection of Phytoplasmas Associated with Tomato Witches’ Broom and Big Bud Disease in Egypt [PDF]
Symptoms of witches’ broom were observed on tomato plants in some fields in Aswan governorate, Egypt. Molecular investigation was done with phytoplasma-detection primer P1/P7 to amplify a fragment of the 16S rRNA gene plus spacer region and beginning of ...
S. Behiry
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Phytoplasmas associated with papaya diseases in Australia [PDF]
Leaf, petiole, and crown samples were taken from papaya with dieback or mosaic diseases, which have an unknown etiology, and from yellow crinkle disease, which has been associated with a phytoplasma.
Thomas, J.E. +3 more
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Phytoplasmas associated with grapevine yellows : an overview
Phytoplasmas are obligate intracellular bacterial parasites restricted to the phloem sieve elements of the infected plants and are transmitted by phloem-sucking insects belonging to the families Cicadellidae, Cixidae, Psyllidae, Delphacidae and Derbidae.
P. Casati +3 more
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Pest categorisation of the non‐EU phytoplasmas of tuber‐forming Solanum spp.
Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of four phytoplasmas of tuber‐forming Solanum spp. known to occur only outside the EU or having a limited presence in the EU.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) +24 more
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The Effect of Viral Infection on the Growth of HoneySweet GM Plum Trees
Plum pox virus (PPV) is one of the most destructive pathogens affecting stone fruit trees. It causes sharka disease and severe yield losses. The genetically modified plum cultivar ‘HoneySweet’ was developed to provide long-lasting resistance to PPV via ...
Petr Komínek +2 more
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Multiple Infections with Viruses of the Family Tymoviridae in Czech Grapevines
This study focused on the viruses of the Tymoviridae family that infect grapevines in the Czech Republic. Complete sequences of GFkV (grapevine fleck virus) and GRGV (grapevine red globe virus) from the genus Maculavirus and GRVFV (grapevine rupestris ...
Marcela Komínková +4 more
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Phytoplasmas infecting fruit trees in Serbia
During 2003–2005 extensive surveys were carried out in diverse location in Serbia to verify phytoplasma presence in fruit trees species affected by decline, reddening, yellowing or witches’ broom symptoms.
PALTRINIERI, SAMANTA +6 more
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