Bacterial diseases are difficult to control (both chemically and biologically), and are
restrained primarily by preventive measures. Most important risk factors for the introduction …

Medicinal and aromatic plants include a broad array of wild and cultivated plants which
contain many biologically-active compounds, known as phytochemicals, that are of great …

A multidisciplinary approach, based on field surveys, molecular biology techniques, and
spatial data analyses, was utilised to investigate the Bois noir (BN) epidemiology in north …

Transmission trials were carried out using Reptalus quinquecostatus (Cixiidae), a potential
vector of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani'('Ca. P. solani'), to assess its ability to inoculate the …

Abstract 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani'is a phytoplasma of the stolbur group (16SrXII
subgroup A) that is associated with 'Bois noir'and causes heavy damage to the quality and …

In Poland, a phytoplasma belonging to the subgroup 16SrI-B of 'Ca. Phytoplasma asteris'
species causes disease in winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus), named rapeseed phyllody …

Weeds and wild plants as hosts of phytoplasmas play an important role in the epidemiology
and emergence of phytoplasma diseases of economically important crops. In this chapter …

“Bois noir”(BN) is a grapevine yellows disease, associated with phytoplasma strains related
to 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani', that causes severe losses to viticulture in the Euro …

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

The presence and density of plant-and leafhoppers was investigated in eleven vineyards
infected with Ca. Phytoplasma solani, causal agent of Bois noir (BN), in South Tyrol …