Emerging infectious disease: an underappreciated area of strategic concern for food security

DR Brooks, EP Hoberg, WA Boeger… - Transboundary and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) increasingly threaten global food security and public
health. Despite technological breakthroughs, we are losing the battle with (re) emerging …

Leafhoppers as vectors of phytoplasma diseases in Canadian berry crops: a review in the face of climate change

A Almeida Santos, J Jacques, N Plante… - Annals of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Climate change has facilitated the introduction, establishment, and movement of invasive
species in northern regions, enabling the colonization of previously unsuitable areas. While …

Food security and emerging infectious disease: risk assessment and risk management

V Trivellone, EP Hoberg… - Royal Society open …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Climate change, emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) and food security create a dangerous
nexus. Habitat interfaces, assumed to be efficient buffers, are being disrupted by human …

The complete genome of the “Flavescence Dorée” phytoplasma reveals characteristics of low genome plasticity

C Debonneville, L Mandelli, J Brodard, R Groux… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Phytoplasmas are non-cultivable organisms for which biological and
molecular characterization is a challenge. Despite the development of new sequencing …

A review of the biology of the pincer wasps (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae)

EG Virla, G Moya‐Raygoza… - Austral …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Because of their frequency, abundance, and unique morphological and biological traits, the
Dryinidae (pincer wasps) are among the most important parasitoids of nymphs and adults of …

Comparison of traditional and next-generation approaches for uncovering phytoplasma diversity, with discovery of new groups, subgroups and potential vectors

V Trivellone, Y Cao, CH Dietrich - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Phytoplasmas are bacteria transmitted by insects that cause severe
diseases in many plants, including crops, worldwide. Most phytoplasma research focuses on …

Screening potential insect vectors in a museum biorepository reveals undiscovered diversity of plant pathogens in natural areas

V Trivellone, W Wei, L Filippin… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Phytoplasmas (Mollicutes, Acholeplasmataceae), vector‐borne obligate bacterial
plant parasites, infect nearly 1,000 plant species and unknown numbers of insects, mainly …

Identification of phytoplasmas representing multiple new genetic lineages from phloem-feeding leafhoppers highlights the diversity of phytoplasmas and their potential …

W Wei, V Trivellone, CH Dietrich, Y Zhao… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Phytoplasmas are obligate transkingdom bacterial parasites that infect a variety of plant
species and replicate in phloem-feeding insects in the order Hemiptera, mainly leafhoppers …

Cultural control methods improve management of leafhopper vector of X-disease

AT Marshall, TD Melton, G Bishop, AE Clarke… - Crop Protection, 2024 - Elsevier
X-disease, caused by the phytoplasma 'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni', is currently
threatening Pacific Northwest (USA) stone fruit (Prunus) production, particularly sweet cherry …

Detection, Identification and Molecular Characterization of the 16SrII-V Subgroup Phytoplasma Strain Associated with Pisum sativum and Parthenium hysterophorus …

YC Chiu, PQ Liao, HM Mejia, YC Lee, YK Chen… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Two unrelated plant species, green pea and parthenium weed, harboring typical
phytoplasma symptoms, were discovered in Yunlin, Taiwan. Green pea (Pisum sativum.) …