World status of phytoplasma diseases associated with eggplant

GP Rao, M Kumar - Crop Protection, 2017 - Elsevier
Brinjal or eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is an important vegetable crop of sub-tropics
and tropics. Among the major biotic constraints, phytoplasmas associated eggplant diseases …

Phytoplasmas: an update

A Bertaccini, IM Lee - … : Plant pathogenic bacteria-I: Characterisation and …, 2018 - Springer
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 …

Immunodominant membrane proteins of phytoplasmas

A Konnerth, G Krczal, K Boonrod - Microbiology, 2016 - microbiologyresearch.org
Phytoplasmas are plant-pathogenic, phloem-colonizing, cell wall-less microorganisms that
are primarily dependent on insect transmission for their spread and survival. The life cycle of …

Evidence suggesting interactions between immunodominant membrane protein Imp of Flavescence dorée phytoplasma and protein extracts from distantly related …

V Trivellone, M Ripamonti, E Angelini… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Aims In this study, binding between the immunodominant membrane protein Imp of the
16SrV‐D phytoplasma associated with Flavescence dorée disease (FD‐Dp) and insect …

Detection, identification, and molecular characterization of the 16SrII-D phytoplasmas infecting vegetable and field crops in Oman

AM Al-Subhi, SA Hogenhout, RA Al-Yahyai… - Plant …, 2018 - Am Phytopath Society
Typical symptoms of phytoplasma infection were observed on 11 important crops in Oman
that included alfalfa, sesame, chickpea, eggplant, tomato, spinach, rocket, carrot, squash …

Role of the major antigenic membrane protein in phytoplasma transmission by two insect vector species

M Rashidi, L Galetto, D Bosco, A Bulgarelli, M Vallino… - BMC microbiology, 2015 - Springer
Background Phytoplasmas are bacterial plant pathogens (class Mollicutes), transmitted by
phloem feeding leafhoppers, planthoppers and psyllids in a persistent/propagative manner …

Comparison of current methods for signal peptide prediction in phytoplasmas

C Garcion, L Béven, X Foissac - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Although phytoplasma studies are still hampered by the lack of axenic cultivation methods,
the availability of genome sequences allowed dramatic advances in the characterization of …

The Antigenic Membrane Protein (Amp) of Rice Orange Leaf Phytoplasma Suppresses Host Defenses and Is Involved in Pathogenicity

Z Wang, X Yang, S Zhou, X Zhang, Y Zhu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Phytoplasmas are uncultivable, phloem-limited, phytopathogenic bacteria that represent a
major threat to agriculture worldwide. Phytoplasma membrane proteins are in direct contact …

Classification of a new phytoplasmas subgroup 16SrII-W associated with Crotalaria witches' broom diseases in Oman based on multigene sequence analysis

A Al-Subhi, SA Hogenhout, RA Al-Yahyai, AM Al-Sadi - BMC microbiology, 2017 - Springer
Background Crotalaria aegyptiaca, a low shrub is commonly observed in the sandy soils of
wadis desert and is found throughout all regions in Oman. A survey for phytoplasma …

Decreasing global transcript levels over time suggest that phytoplasma cells enter stationary phase during plant and insect colonization

D Pacifico, L Galetto, M Rashidi, S Abbà… - Applied and …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
To highlight different transcriptional behaviors of the phytoplasma in the plant and animal
host, expression of 14 genes of “Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris,” chrysanthemum yellows …