▪ Abstract Plant diseases caused by, or associated with, phytoplasmas occur in hundreds of
commercial and native plants, causing minor to extensive damage. Insect vectors, primarily …

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

Several economically relevant phytoplasma-associated diseases are described together
with an update of phytoplasma taxonomy and major biological and molecular features of …

Phytoplasmas, the causal agents of numerous plant diseases, are insect-vector-transmitted,
cell-wall-less bacteria descended from ancestral low-G+ C-content Gram-positive bacteria in …

SUMMARY Taxonomy: Superkingdom Prokaryota; Kingdom Monera; Domain Bacteria;
Phylum Firmicutes (low‐G+ C, Gram‐positive eubacteria); Class Mollicutes; Candidatus …

Numerous yellows-type diseases of plants have been associated with wall-less prokaryote
pathogens–phytoplasmas over the last 40 years. These pathogens are not grown in axenic …

A summary of the research carried out on phytoplasma-associated diseases 50 years after
their discovery is presented. The great majority of this research was devoted to classification …

ABSTRACT Phytoplasmas (“Candidatus Phytoplasma,” class Mollicutes) cause disease in
hundreds of economically important plants and are obligately transmitted by sap-feeding …

[Frontiers in Bioscience 12, 673-689, January 1, 2007] 673 Phytoplasmas: diversity,
taxonomy, and epidemiology Assunta Bertaccin Page 1 [Frontiers in Bioscience 12, 673-689 …

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 …