Phytoplasmas and Phytoplasma Diseases: A Severe Threat to Agriculture - American Journal of Plant Sciences

AJPS > Vol.5 No.12, May 2014

Phytoplasmas and Phytoplasma Diseases: A Severe Threat to Agriculture ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ajps.2014.512191 13,354 Downloads 22,926 Views Citations

Author(s)

Assunta Bertaccini, Bojan Duduk, Samanta Paltrinieri, Nicoletta Contaldo

Affiliation(s)

DipSA Plant Pathology, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Laboratory of Applied Phytopathology, Institute of Pesticides and Environmental Protection, Belgrade, Serbia.

ABSTRACT

Several economically relevant phytoplasma-associated diseases are described together with an update of phytoplasma taxonomy and major biological and molecular features of phytoplasmas. Outlook about persepectives and future work to contain spread of these diseases are also reported.

KEYWORDS

Phytoplasma Diseases, Detection, Prevention

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Bertaccini, A. , Duduk, B. , Paltrinieri, S. and Contaldo, N. (2014) Phytoplasmas and Phytoplasma Diseases: A Severe Threat to Agriculture. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 5, 1763-1788. doi: 10.4236/ajps.2014.512191.

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