Article
First Report of Forsythia suspensa, Spiraea vanhouttei, and Viburnum lantana as New Natural Plant Hosts of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’, the Causal Agent of Apple Proliferation Disease, in Lithuania
2018-10-01
Abstract excerpt
‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’, associated with apple proliferation (AP) disease, is a quarantine pathogen on the list A2 of EPPO since 1975. ‘Ca. P. mali’ is transmitted to apple by oligo/polyphagous insect vectors that could acquire it also from other plant hosts (e.g., hawthorn) (Tedeschi and Alma 2007); thus, the knowledge of natural plant hosts of ‘Ca. P. mali’ is crucial for planning AP containment strategies...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 48e15156-bc1c-5cc1-aafc-2011c6d21189
- DOI
- 10.1094/pdis-01-18-0090-pdn
