Phytopathogenic Mollicutes
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 2

Phytoplasmas infecting pome and stone fruits in South America and Iberian peninsula

  • Author:
  • Nicolás Quiroga1, Assumpció Batlle2, Amparo Laviña2, Diego Maeso3, Luis Conci4, Franco Fernandez4, Esmeraldina Sousa5, Nicola Fiore1
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 63 to 68

1University of Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Departamento de Sanidad Vegetal, Santiago, Chile

2Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Cabrils, Barcelona, Spain

3Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA), Programa Nacional de Producción Frutícola, Estación ExperimentalLas Brujas, Canelones, Uruguay

4Instituto de Patología Vegetal (IPAVE), CIAP-INTA, Córdoba, Argentina

5Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV), Oeiras, Lisbon, Portugal

Online published on 19 February, 2019.

Abstract

The present review focuses on the diseases associated with phytoplasmas that affect pome and stone fruits trees in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, Spain and Portugal. The advances and challenges faced by these countries for these diseases are reported. The economic losses due to the presence of these bacteria seriously affect and reduce the production and the quality of the fruits.

Keywords

´Candidatus phytoplasma pyri´, ´Candidatus phytoplasma mali´, ´Candidatus phytoplasma prunorum´, leafhoppers, psyllids