Faculty of Basic and Applied Science, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotà, Colombia
*Corresponding author e-mail: Liliana Franco-Lara (liliana.franco@unimilitar.edu.co)
Online published on 25 July, 2019.
A summary is presented of several epidemiological aspects of the pathosystem involving the urban trees, phytoplasmas, insect vectors and alternative host plants in Bogotá, Colombia. A possible explanation of how and why these phytoplasmas are presently infecting crops in the surrounding areas of this city is presented. The implications of the environmental conditions for phytoplasmas diseases in countries located in the tropical zone are discussed.
Phytoplasmas, molecular detection, environment, ash yellows, aster yellows
