Cassava Witches’ Broom Disease in Southeast Asia: A Review of Its Distribution and Associated Symptoms [PDF]
Plants, 2023 Cassava witches’ broom disease (CWBD) is one of the main diseases of cassava in Southeast Asia (SEA). Affected cassava plants show reduced internodal length and proliferation of leaves (phyllody) in the middle and top part of the plant, which results in ...
Juan M. Pardo +9 more
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Paulownia Witches’ Broom Disease: A Comprehensive Review [PDF]
MicroorganismsPhytoplasmas are insect-transmitted bacterial pathogens associated with diseases in a wide range of host plants, resulting in significant economic and ecological losses.
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A Witches’-Broom Disease of Cultivated Strawberry Associated with ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma Rubi’-Related Strains in Southern Italy [PDF]
PlantsIn the Campania region of southern Italy, a formerly undescribed witches’-broom disease of cultivated strawberry characterized by symptoms similar to those of strawberry witches’-broom and multiplier diseases occurring in North America, has been observed.
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From traditional remedy to in vitro evidence: phytochemical composition and skin-related pharmacological activity of birch witches’ broom (Taphrina betulina) [PDF]
Frontiers in PharmacologyBackgroundBirch witches’ broom is an abnormal plant structure caused by infection of birch trees with the dimorphic fungus Taphrina betulina Rostr., (1883).
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Comparative genome analysis of jujube witches’-broom Phytoplasma, an obligate pathogen that causes jujube witches’-broom disease [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2018 Background JWB phytoplasma is a kind of insect-transmitted and uncultivable bacterial plant pathogen causeing a destructive Jujube disease. To date, no genome information about JWB phytoplasma has been published, which hindered its characterization at ...
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Genomic insights into the pathogenicity of a ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ associated with Trema levigata witches’ broom disease in China [PDF]
BMC Plant BiologyBackground Phytoplasma research encounters limitations due to the lack of availability of pure cultures of these microorganisms. In this study a culture-independent approach was employed to investigate the genome and pathogenic mechanisms of phytoplasma ...
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Cacao clones modulate pod tolerance to witches’ broom and nutritional imbalances, enhancing cocoa production in the Amazon [PDF]
Scientific ReportsCacao cultivation in the Brazilian Amazon is constrained by nutritional imbalances and a high incidence of witches’ broom disease. Understanding how nutrient status influences disease tolerance and yield is essential for improving productivity.
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Genetic evaluation and selection of cocoa tree clones [PDF]
Ciência Rural, 2022 : The cultivation of cocoa is of great socio-economic importance worldwide. Cocoa beans are the essential raw material for chocolate production. The variability of cacao studied presents only a small fraction of the existing genetic diversity, mainly in ...
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Research in Agricultural Sciences, 2023 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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Genome-Wide Identification and Analysis of MicroRNAs Involved in Witches'-Broom Phytoplasma Response in Ziziphus jujuba. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in responding to biotic and abiotic stresses in plants. Jujube witches'-broom a phytoplasma disease of Ziziphus jujuba is prevalent in China and is a serious problem to the industry.
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