Phytoplasmas ('Candidatus Phytoplasma') are insect-transmitted, cell-wall-less, plant-
pathogenic bacteria that cause economically important crop diseases. Because …

Cassava frogskin disease (CFSD) is an economically important root disease of cassava
(Manihot esculenta) in Colombia and other South American countries, including Brazil …

Potato purple top (PPT) disease has caused severe economic losses in some potato
(Solanum tuberosum) growing areas of Mexico. Two distinct phytoplasma strains belonging …

Mexican periwinkle virescence (MPV) phytoplasma was originally discovered in diseased
plants of Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) in Yucatán, Mexico. On the basis of …

Abstract Twelve Argentinean 16SrIII (X-disease)-group phytoplasma strains were analyzed.
Ten of them, detected in daisy (Bellis perennis), garlic (Allium sativum),'lagaña de …

China tree yellows (ChTY) phytoplasma is associated with the yellowing disease of the
China tree (Melia azedarach) in Argentina. According to partial 16S rRNA gene analysis …

Strawberry red leaf phytoplasma was found in strawberry plants from production fields in
Lules (Tucumán province) and Bella Vista (Corrientes province), Argentina. Characteristic …

Geographically diverse samples from strawberry exhibiting symptoms of Strawberry Green
Petal (SbGP), periwinkle plants with virescence, and blackberry, blueberry, and raspberry …

This paper summarizes the current knowledge of phytoplasma diseases of forest and
landscape trees and shrubs, with special reference to molecular and taxonomic aspects of …

Since the year 2015, strawberry plants with symptoms of phyllody, achenes' hypertrophy and
leaf reddening have been observed in several fields in various regions of Chile. In recent …