Trusso Sfrazzetto, Antonio


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Longitudinal Survey of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri’: A Case Study

Citation
Tessitori et al. (2025).
Names
Ca. Phytoplasma pyri
Abstract
Pear decline (PD), associated with ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri’, is a major disease of pear in Europe and the United States. Several psyllid species are involved in the tritrophic system of PD as vectors of phytoplasmas belonging to the 16SrX group. Four years after the first detection of PD in Sicily, an integrated approach was applied to investigate the epidemic in a major pear-growing area. Visual surveys and molecular analyses were conducted over two years in eight orchards. A total of 115
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