HIGH INFECTION PRESSURE OF ESFY PHYTOPLASMA THREATENS THE CULTIVATION OF STONE FRUIT SPECIES

Stone fruit species are affected by severe disease caused by European stone fruit yellows phytoplasma (ESFY; ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum’). ESFY phytoplasma is transmitted to the host plants of Prunus spp. by the vector Cacopsylla pruni. The disease is graft-transmissible as well. The occurence...

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Main Authors: Barbara AMBROŽIČ TURK, Nataša MEHLE, Jernej BRZIN, Vojko ŠKERLAVAJ, Gabrijel SELJAK, Maja RAVNIKAR
Format: Article
Language:Bulgarian
Published: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture 2009-06-01
Series:Journal of Central European Agriculture
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Online Access:http://jcea.agr.hr/articles/668_HIGH_INFECTION_PRESSURE_OF_ESFY_PHYTOPLASMA_THREATENS_THE_CULTIVATION_OF_STONE_FRUIT_SPECIES_en.pdf