▪ Abstract During the past decade, research has yielded new knowledge about the plant and
insect host ranges, geographical distribution, and phylogenetic relationships of …

DNA extracted from three papaya (Carica papaya L.) plants, individually affected by dieback,
yellow crinkle or mosaic diseases, was subjected to PCR using phytoplasma-specific …

RFLP analyses of 16S rDNA nested PCR products from 34 phytoplasma strains with 17
restriction enzymes delineated distinct pattern types. Based on similarity coefficients derived …

Phytoplasmas for which 16S rDNA sequences are available have been classified into 20
major phylogenet-ic groups or subclades. Further phytoplasmas have been assigned to …

Apple proliferation (AP), pear decline (PD) and European stone fruit yellows (ESFY) are
among the most economically important plant diseases that are caused by phytoplasmas …

Elm yellows group (16SrV) phytoplasmas, which are associated with devastating diseases
in elm, grapevine, blackberry, cherry, peach and several other plant species in America …

The recent development of molecular-based probes such as mono-and polyclonal
antibodies, cloned phytoplasma DNA fragments, and phytoplasma-specific primers for …

Vineyards of southern France and northern Italy are affected by the flavescence dorée (FD)
phytoplasma, a quarantine pathogen transmitted by the leafhopper of Nearctic origin …

This review will focus on two distinct genera, Spiroplasma and 'Candidatus
Phytoplasma,'within the class Mollicutes (which also includes the genus Mycoplasma, a …

In addition to the grapevine flavescence dorée phytoplasmas, other members of taxonomic
group 16SrV phytoplasmas infect grapevines, alders and species of the genera Clematis …