The presence of phytoplasmas and their associated diseases is an emerging threat to
vegetable production which leads to severe yield losses worldwide. Phytoplasmas are …

The chromosome sequence of “Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense”(subgroup tuf-
Australia I; rp-A), associated with dieback in papaya, Australian grapevine yellows in …

Symptoms reminiscent of phytoplasma infection were observed in four provinces
(governorates) of Egypt in fields of eggplants, tomato plants and squash. Diseased plants …

Phytoplasmas are insect-vectored bacteria that cause disease in a wide range of plant
species. The increasing availability of molecular DNA analyses, expertise and additional …

The present chapter provides an overview of phytoplasma diseases affecting vegetable,
pulse and oil crops, with an emphasis on symptoms, geographic distribution, associated …

In this study, metagenomic sequence data was used to investigate the phytoplasma
taxonomic diversity in vegetable-growing regions across Australia. Metagenomic …

The family Acholeplasmataceae was originally established to accommodate the genus
Acholeplasma, comprising the mollicutes that could be cultivated without the supplement of …

Phytoplasmas are phloem-limited plant pathogens that have been identified in over 1000
plant species worldwide. Outbreaks of the phytoplasma-related disease, papaya dieback …

Genome analysis of uncultivable plant pathogenic phytoplasmas is hindered by the difficulty
in obtaining sufficient quantities of phytoplasma enriched DNA. We investigated a …

Abstract Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense (Ca. P. australiense) is associated with the
plant diseases strawberry lethal yellows (SLY), strawberry green petal (SGP), papaya …