The underestimated diversity of phytoplasmas in Latin America

E Perez-Lopez, M Luna-Rodríguez… - … of systematic and …, 2016 - microbiologyresearch.org
Phytoplasmas ('Candidatus Phytoplasma') are insect-transmitted, cell-wall-less, plant-
pathogenic bacteria that cause economically important crop diseases. Because …

[HTML][HTML] Phytoplasma-Associated Diseases in South America: Thirty Years of Research

HG Montano, A Bertaccini, N Fiore - Microorganisms, 2024 - mdpi.com
Phytoplasma-associated diseases are mainly insect-transmitted and are present worldwide.
Considering that disease detection is a relevant environmental factor that may elucidate the …

Strawberry in South America: from the Caribbean to Patagonia

DS Kirschbaum, CE Vicente, MA Cano-Torres… - VIII International …, 2016 - actahort.org
Across a vast continent, strawberries (Fragaria× ananassa Duch.) are produced and
consumed in virtually all the South American (SA) countries, from the Caribbean …

Detection and identification of a novel 16SrXIII subgroup phytoplasma associated with strawberry red leaf disease in Argentina

FD Fernandez, NG Meneguzzi… - … of Systematic and …, 2015 - microbiologyresearch.org
Strawberry red leaf phytoplasma was found in strawberry plants from production fields in
Lules (Tucumán province) and Bella Vista (Corrientes province), Argentina. Characteristic …

Yield losses of asymptomatic strawberry plants infected with Strawberry mild yellow edge virus

AK Torrico, SM Salazar, DS Kirschbaum… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
After successive vegetative propagation cycles, strawberry (Fragaria× ananassa Duch.)
plants often accumulate multiple virus species that result in viral symptoms and losses in …

Detection and identification of the heterogeneous novel subgroup 16SrXIII-(A/I) I phytoplasma associated with strawberry green petal disease and Mexican periwinkle …

E Pérez-López… - International Journal of …, 2016 - microbiologyresearch.org
Phytoplasmas (species of the genus 'Candidatus Phytoplasma') are insect-vectored
phytopathogenic bacteria associated with economically and ecologically important crop …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular diagnostic assays based on cpn60 UT sequences reveal the geographic distribution of subgroup 16SrXIII-(A/I)I phytoplasma in Mexico

E Pérez-López, D Rodríguez-Martínez, CY Olivier… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Geographically diverse samples from strawberry exhibiting symptoms of Strawberry Green
Petal (SbGP), periwinkle plants with virescence, and blackberry, blueberry, and raspberry …

Detection and identification of 16SrXIII-F and a novel 16SrXIII phytoplasma subgroups associated with strawberry phyllody in Chile

W Cui, N Quiroga, ST Curkovic, A Zamorano… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
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 …

Identification of three novel subgroups within the X-disease group phytoplasma associated with strawberry redness disease

FD Fernández, NG Meneguzzi… - International Journal of …, 2017 - microbiologyresearch.org
Strawberry plants showing symptoms of lethal redness disease were found in production
fields located in Tucumán province, Argentina. The presence of phytoplasmas was …

Phytoplasmas diversity and identification of new aster yellows subgroup (16SrI) associated with weed species in Argentina

FD Fernández, E Galdeano… - International Journal of …, 2020 - microbiologyresearch.org
Symptoms of phytoplasma infection were observed in different weed species, Bidens
subalternans, Conyza bonariensis, Heterosperma ovatifolium and Conium maculatum …