A century progress of research on phytoplasma diseases in India

GP Rao, V Thorat, R Manimekalai… - Phytopathogenic …, 2017 - indianjournals.com
Phytoplasmas have been found associated with 129 plant species in India including
vegetables, legumes, spices, medicinal plants and ornamental plants, cash and oil crops …

Conventional and molecular breeding for disease resistance in chickpea: Status and strategies

AK Choudhary, SK Jain, AK Dubey… - Biotechnology and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important grain legume at the global level. Among
different biotic stresses, diseases are the most important factor limiting its production …

Molecular characterization of chickpea chlorotic dwarf virus and peanut witches' broom phytoplasma associated with chickpea stunt disease and identification of new …

MG Reddy, VK Baranwal, D Sagar, GP Rao - 3 Biotech, 2021 - Springer
An investigation was carried out to identify and characterize the phytoplasma and viruses
associated with the chickpea varieties showing severe stunting, leaf reddening, yellowing …

Molecular characterization of Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia isolate infecting chickpea (Cicer arietinum) in Dharwad, Karnataka

G Balol, C Channakeshava… - Legume Research-An …, 2021 - indianjournals.com
Chickpea plants showing phytoplasma symptoms were observed in the research plots at
University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India. The symptoms included …

Phytoplasmas infecting vegetable, pulse and oil crops

M Martini, D Delić, L Liefting, H Montano - … : Plant Pathogenic Bacteria-I …, 2018 - Springer
The present chapter provides an overview of phytoplasma diseases affecting vegetable,
pulse and oil crops, with an emphasis on symptoms, geographic distribution, associated …

Molecular identification of phytoplasmas in fasciated cacti and succulent species and associated hormonal perturbation

AF Omar, YH Dewir, ME El-Mahrouk - Journal of Plant Interactions, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Fasciation, a frequent phenomenon in Cactaceae, has been attributed to various causes.
The present study reports on phytoplasma-induced fasciation in Euphorbia coerulescens …

Evidence for the association of mastrevirus, cucumovirus and phytoplasma with chickpea stunt disease and their putative insect vectors in India

YS Shreenath, RK Saritha, YB Basavaraj… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Symptoms of severe stunting, little leaf, yellowing and axillary shoot proliferation were
recorded on chickpea plants in three northern states of India (New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and …

Detection and identification of four 16Sr subgroups of phytoplasmas associated with different legume crops in India

GP Rao, Madhupriya, M Kumar, S Tomar… - European journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Phytoplasma suspected symptoms of little leaf, flat stem, witches' broom and leaf yellowing
were recorded on the four legume species, cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.), pigeon …

Natural occurrence, identification and transmission of the phytoplasma associated with flax phyllody and stem fasciation in Pakistan

KP Akhtar, M Dickinson, TM Shah, N Sarwar - Phytoparasitica, 2013 - Springer
Flax plants (Linum usitatissimum) of the white (album) flower variety exhibiting typical
phytoplasma-like symptoms were found for the first time in Pakistan during 2011. The …

Characterization of phytoplasma associated with chickpea phyllody based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis

M Akram, DK Sachan, DK Patil… - Journal of Food …, 2016 - indianjournals.com
Phytoplasmas are known to commonly cause witches-broom, yellows, phyllody, little leaf
and red leaf diseases in a number of plant species worldwide. In January 2016, some plants …