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 …

Climate change is impacting agriculture in many ways, and a contribution from all is required
to reduce the imminent losses related to it. Recently, it has been shown that citizen science …

The present chapter focuses on phytoplasmas and phytoplasma diseases affecting stone,
pome, and small fruit worldwide. An outlook is also provided on other fruit tree species …

Classification of phytoplasmas into 16S ribosomal groups and subgroups and 'Candidatus
Phytoplasma'species designation have been primarily based on the conserved 16S rRNA …

Blueberry stunt phytoplasma (BBSP;'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris') is an insect-vectored
plant pathogen that causes severe yield losses in blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) …

Phytoplasmas are cell wall-less bacteria that inhabit phloem sieve cells of infected plants
and are transmitted by phloem-feeding insect vectors. Having descended from a Gram …

Phytoplasmas ('Candidatus Phytoplasma'species) are phytopathogenic bacteria vectored by
insects and are associated with crop diseases that cause severe yield losses by affecting …

Surveys for phytoplasmas and viruses were conducted during September 2014 and 2015 on
highbush blueberry farms in the Région Montérégie, Quebec. Total DNA and RNA were …

A new cauliflower disease characterised by the formation of leaf‐like inflorescences and
malformed flowers occurred in a seed production field located in Yunnan, a southwest …

Peach trees showing witches'‐broom disease symptoms in the northwest of Iran were
sampled for phytoplasma detection. PCR assays and Sanger sequence analyses indicated …