Phytopathogenic Mollicutes
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 1

Outlook on relevant phytoplasma diseases in Europe

1Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, DipSA, viale Fanin, 42, 40127, Bologna, Italy

2Institute of Pesticides and Environmental Protection, Laboratory of Applied Phytopathology, Belgrade, Serbia

*Corresponding author E-Mail: A. Bertaccini, assunta.bertaccini@unibo.it

**E-Mail: B. Duduk, bojan.duduk@pesting.org.rs

Online published on 12 July, 2013.

Abstract

Phytoplasma-associated diseases are among the most important diseases in grapevine and fruit trees production in Europe. Severe losses were described especially for grapevine and apple causing sometimes the total production loss. A short description of symptomatology and epidemiological features of these phytoplasma diseases in these species are described.

Keywords

grapevine yellows, apple proliferation, pear decline, European stone fruit yellows