EPPO Bulletin

Specific scopeThis Standard describes a diagnostic protocol for ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’, ‘Ca. P. pyri’ and ‘Ca. P. prunorum’.This Standard should be used in conjunction with PM 7/76 Use of EPPO diagnostic protocolsSpecific approval and amendmentApproved as PM 7/62 Candidatus Phytoplasma mali and PM 7/63 Ca. P. pyri in 2006. Revised in 2017‐02 as a single Standard as PM 7/62 (2) with the addition of ‘Ca. P. prunorum’.

Specific scopeThis Standard describes a diagnostic protocol for ‘Candidatus Liberibacter africanus’, ‘Candidatus Liberibacter americanus’ and ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ and for their detection in their psyllid vectors Diaphorina citri and Trioza erytreae.Specific approval and amendmentFirst approved in 2014‐09.