Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.), family Solanaceae, has become in the past fifty years
one of the most important and extensively grown horticultural crops in the Mediterranean …

Since the first report of existence of phytoplasma disease in 1874 in India, now more than
172 plant species are reported to be the host of ten different groups of phytoplasmas. The …

Phytoplasma research begins to bloom. Indeed, this review shows that substantial progress
has been made with the identification of phytoplasma effectors that alter flower development …

Within the 16SrII phytoplasma group, subgroups A–X have been classified based on
restriction fragment length polymorphism of their 16S rRNA gene, and two species have …

Phytoplasmas are specialised bacteria that are obligate parasites of plant phloem tissue and
insects. These bacteria have resisted all attempts of cell‐free cultivation. Genome research …

Surface proteins play an important role in phytoplasma life cycle. The antigenic membrane
protein (AMP) of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris' has been shown to interact with the insect …

Phytoplasma taxonomy has been a topic of discussion for the last two and half decades.
Since the Japanese scientists discovered the phytoplasma bodies in 1967, the phytoplasma …

Grapevines are challenged by a range of diseases and pests, causing economic losses and
requiring often costly approaches to mitigate damage. Public interest in reducing the use of …

Studies of phytoplasma-insect vector interactions and epidemiological surveys of plant
yellows associated with the stolbur phytoplasma (StolP) require the identification of relevant …

In addition to the grapevine flavescence dorée phytoplasmas, other members of taxonomic
group 16SrV phytoplasmas infect grapevines, alders and species of the genera Clematis …