Plant Disease


Publications
272

Development of a TaqMan Assay for the Detection of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma brasiliense’ and Assessment by High-Resolution Melt Curve Analysis

Citation
Lane et al. (2024). Plant Disease 108 (10)
Names
Ca. Phytoplasma brasiliense
Abstract
‘Candidatus Phytoplasma brasiliense’ (CPB) is a phytoplasma originally discovered in South America and is known to infect a wide variety of economically important crops. It is most prevalent in Hibiscus spp., where it causes witches broom symptoms, and papaya, where it causes bunchy top. Recently, CPB was documented for the first time in North America in a new host, globe sedge. In this study, two quantitative PCR assays are developed: one using high-resolution melt curve analysis (HRMA) based

Natural Infection of Murraya paniculata and Murraya sumatrana with ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ in Java

Citation
Lestiyani et al. (2024). Plant Disease 108 (9)
Names
Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
Abstract
The phloem-limited bacterium ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ (CLas) is the putative causal pathogen of the severe Asiatic form of huanglongbing (citrus greening) and is most commonly transmitted by the Asiatic citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri. CLas severely affects many Citrus species and hybrids and has been recorded in the Citrus relative, orange jasmine, Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack (syn. M. exotica L.). In this study, 13 accessions of three Murraya species (M. paniculata, M. sumatrana Ro

Putting ‘X’ into Context: The Diversity of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni’ Strains Associated with the Induction of X-Disease

Citation
Molnar et al. (2024). Plant Disease 108 (9)
Names
Ca. Phytoplasma pruni
Abstract
Recurrent epiphytotics of X-disease, caused by ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni,’ have inflicted significant losses on commercial cherry and peach production across North America in the last century. During this period, there have been multiple studies reporting different disease phenotypes and, more recently, identifying different strains through sequencing core genes, but the symptoms have not, to date, been linked with genotype. Therefore, in this study we collected and assessed differing disea

Diversity of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ Strains in Texas Revealed by Prophage Sequence Analyses

Citation
De Leon et al. (2024). Plant Disease 108 (6)
Names
Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
Abstract
Prophages/phages are important components of the genome of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ (CLas), an unculturable alphaproteobacterium associated with citrus huanglongbing (HLB) disease. Phage variations have significant contributions to CLas strain diversity research, which provide critical information for HLB management. In this study, prophage variations among selected CLas strains from southern Texas were studied. The CLas strains were collected from three different CLas inhabitant env