Detection, Identification and Molecular Characterization of the 16SrII-V Subgroup Phytoplasma Strain Associated with Pisum sativum and Parthenium hysterophorus L. [PDF]
Plants, 2023 Two unrelated plant species, green pea and parthenium weed, harboring typical phytoplasma symptoms, were discovered in Yunlin, Taiwan. Green pea (Pisum sativum.) and parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) are both herbaceous annual plants ...
Yi-Ching Chiu +5 more
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Systematic and meta-based evaluation of the relationship between the built environment and physical activity behaviors among older adults [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Objectives Existing assertions about the relationship between various factors of the built environment and physical activity behaviors are inconsistent and warrant further exploration and analysis.
Yanwei You +7 more
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Differential Symptomology, Susceptibility, and Titer Dynamics Manifested by Phytoplasma-Infected Periwinkle and Tomato Plants [PDF]
PlantsPhytoplasmas are intracellular pathogenic bacteria that infect a wide range of plant species, including agriculturally important crops and ornamental trees. However, our understanding of the relationship between symptom severity, disease progression, and
Algirdas Ivanauskas +4 more
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The complete chloroplast genome of Carex laevissima Nakai (Cyperaceae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022 Carex laevissima Nakai 1914 (Cyperaceae) is vital for ecological conservation and land virescence, and has high ornamental value. Here the chloroplast genome of Carex laevissima was assembled and systematically analyzed for further genetic research of ...
Wei Ren +4 more
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Comprehensive genomic and functional characterization of a phytoplasma associated with root retardation, early bolting, witches’-broom, and phyllody in daikon (Raphanus sativus L.) [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyDaikon (Raphanus sativus L. var. longipinnatus) is an economically important root crop and medicinal plant. In 2021, a previously unreported disease outbreak characterized by early bolting, witches’-broom, phyllody, virescence, and severe root growth ...
Yi-Ching Chiu +12 more
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An efficient grafting method for phytoplasma transmission in Catharanthus roseus [PDF]
Plant MethodsBackground Phytoplasmas are parasitic plant pathogens that reside intracellularly within the sieve tube cells. Phytoplasmas induce various symptoms, including floral virescence, phyllody, leaf yellowing, and witches’-broom.
Ho-Chun Chang, Jen-Chih Chen
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First Report of a Psyllid Vector of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni’ (Strain 16SrIII-J) [PDF]
PlantsIn Graneros, O’Higgins Region, Chile, the mallow psyllid (Russelliana solanicola Tuthill, 1959) from Malva nicaeensis L. was identified as a potential vector of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni’.
Tomás Llantén +8 more
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Comprehensive analysis of little leaf disease incidence and resistance in eggplant [PDF]
BMC Plant BiologyBackground Little leaf disease caused by phytoplasma infection is a significant threat to eggplant (also known as brinjal) cultivation in India.
Muthusamy Karthikeyan +11 more
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Beet leafhopper transmits virescence of periwinkle
California Agriculture, 1977 Photo above shows healthy periwinkle on left and virescence-affected periwinkle on right; plant on right was exposed to beet leafhopper (Circulifer tenellus) that had previously fed on another virescence-affected periwinkle.
G Oldfield +4 more
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Plant Protection Science, 2023 Grape hyacinths are popular perennial, flowering bulbous plants. In 2018, 2019, and 2020, some plants of three Muscari species showed symptoms similar to those associated with phytoplasma infection in commercial ornamental gardens in Hungary.
Emese Mergenthaler +3 more
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