Phytopathogenic Mollicutes

Table of Contents

• EDITORIAL

  Role of the No Template Control samples in the selection of primers to quantify ‘Candidatus phytoplasma pyri’ by qPCR assays

  • Author: Maria Pastore, Marco del Vaglio
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00056.0

• REVIEW ARTICLE

  An up to date status of alfalfa witches’ broom disease in Iran

  • Author: Seyyed Alireza Esmailzadeh Hosseini, Mohammad Salehi, Gholam Khodakaramian, Seyyed Mehdi Mirchenari, Assunta Bertaccini
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00057.2

• The role of genome sequencing in phytoplasma research

  • Author: Shigeyuki Kakizawa, Yasuko Yoneda
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00058.4

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Detection of peach phytoplasma occurring in alternate hosts and insects in Himachal Pradesh -India

  • Author: Kumud Jarial, Pritam Das Thakur, Anil Handa, Moti Lal Negi, Manica Tomar
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00059.6

• Identification of phytoplasmas belonging to the ribosomal groups 16SrIII and 16SrV in Chilean grapevines

  • Author: Nicola Fiore, Alan Zamorano, Ana Maria Pino
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00060.2

• Comparison of 16S rDNA sequence among the phytoplasmas associated with wilt disease of coconut from different locations

  • Author: Manimekalai Ramaswamy, Vadakke Purayil Soumya, Narayanaswamy Srinivasan, Govind P. Rao
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00061.4

• Cyperus rotundus L. a new host species for ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia’ - related phytoplasmas in Cuba

  • Author: Loidy Zamora, Nicoletta Contaldo, Samanta Paltrinieri, Madelaine Luisa Quiñones, Berta Piñol, Karel Isma Acosta, Assunta Bertaccini
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00062.6

• REPORT (R&D)

  Conference Report

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Corrigendum

• Obituary

• PROCEEDINGS PAPER

  Phytoplasma research between past and future: what directions?

  • Author: Assunta Bertaccini
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00001.8

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  High-throughput transcriptome analysis of the leafy flower transition of Catharanthus roseus induced by peanut witches’ broom phytoplasma infection

  • Author: Shih-Shun Lin, Li-Yu Daisy Liu, Hsin-I Tseng, Chan-Pin Lin
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00002.X

• High-throughput analysis and characterization of Ziziphus jujube transcriptome jujube witches’ broom phytoplasma infected

  • Author: Xinping Fan, Yongsheng Qiao, Yuanhuai Han, Jianbao Tian, Guoping Wang, Xin Tian, Rong Xiao, Jie Li, Assunta Bertaccini
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00003.1

• Utilization of dnaB gene for characterisation of phytoplasmas associated with toria, brinjal and Phlox in India

  • Author: Madhupriya , Ajay Kumar Tiwari, Govind P. Rao
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00004.3

• Post-translational cleavage and self-interaction of the phytoplasma effector SAP11

  • Author: Yen-Ting Lu, Kai-Tan Cheng, Shin-Ying Jiang, Jun-Yi Yang
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00005.5

• Identification and molecular characterization of the blueberry stunt phytoplasma in Canada

  • Author: Yaima Arocha Rosete, Annemiek Schilder, Liette Lambert, James Scott
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00006.7

• Molecular characterisation of phytoplasmas infecting Dimorphandra spp. in Brazil

  • Author: Helena G. Montano, Assunta Bertaccini, Dezi K. Guthelle, Samanta Paltrinieri, Nicoletta Contaldo
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00007.9

• Multigene characterization of aster yellows phytoplasmas infecting grapevine in South Africa

  • Author: Yuri Zambon, Nicoletta Contaldo, Rose Souza Richards, Assunta Bertaccini, Johan Burger
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00008.0

• Saving livestock fodder in East Africa: development of a rapid penside diagnostic assay for detection of napier grass stunt phytoplasma

  • Author: Lillian Wambua, Bernd Schneider, Anne Fischer-Jores
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00009.2

• Phytoplasmas associated with naturally infected Catharanthus roseus in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico

  • Author: Arevik Poghosyan, Julio Hernandez-Gonzalez, Vladimir Lebsky
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00010.9

• Rubus stunt in raspberries: a multiplex TaqMan qPCR assay for sensitive detection of phytoplasmas in Rubus species

  • Author: Holger Linck, Erika Krüger, Annette Reineke
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00011.0

• Local distribution of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’ genetic variants in South Tyrol (Italy) based on a MLST study

  • Author: Katrin Janik, Sabine Oettl, Katja Schlink
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00012.2

• Molecular diversity of phytoplasmas infecting cherry trees in Poland

  • Author: Miroslawa Ciesliñska, Terezia Smolarek
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00013.4

• Phytoplasma strain collections: the Q-Bank database and the Q-collect project

  • Author: Samanta Paltrinieri, Nicoletta Contaldo, Mogens Nicolaisen, Assunta Bertaccini
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00014.6

• European interlaboratory comparison of detection methods for “flavescence dorée” phytoplasma: preliminary results

  • Author: Marianne Loiseau
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00015.8

• First insights into the influence of aster yellows phytoplasmas on the behaviour of the leafhopper Mgenia fuscovaria

  • Author: Kerstin Krüger, Frank Venter, Michelle L. Schröder
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00016.X

• Transmission of 16SrIII-J phytoplasma by Paratanus exitiosus (Beamer) leafhopper in grapevine

  • Author: Nicola Fiore, Valeria Longone, Ximena González, Alan Zamorano, Ana María Pino, Nicolás Quiroga, Luca Picciau, Alberto Alma, Samanta Paltrinieri, Nicoletta Contaldo, Assunta Bertaccini
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00017.1

• Molecular characterization of phytoplasma strains in leafhoppers inhabiting the vineyard agroecosystem in Southern Switzerland

  • Author: Valeria Trivellone, Luisa Filippin, Mauro Jermini, Elisa Angelini
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00018.3

• Transmission of 16SrIII-J phytoplasma by Bergallia valdiviana Berg 1881 leafhopper

  • Author: Nicolás Quiroga, Ximena González, Alan Zamorano, Ana María Pino, Luca Picciau, Alberto Alma, Samanta Paltrinieri, Nicoletta Contaldo, Assunta Bertaccini, Nicola Fiore
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00019.5

• Potential Hemipteran vectors of “stolbur” phytoplasma in potato fields in Serbia

  • Author: Milana Mitrovic, Valeria Trivellone, Jelena Jovic, Tatjana Cvrkovic, Miljana Jakovljevic, Andrea Kosovac, Oliver Krstic, Ivo Toševski
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00020.1

• Exitianus indicus (Distant): a putative vector for ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma cynodontis’ in India

  • Author: Shailender Kumar, Vikas Jadon, Ajay Kumar Tiwari, Govind P. Rao
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00021.3

• Phytoplasma diseases in date palms in Saudi Arabia

  • Author: Khalid Alhudaib, Adel Rezk, Mohamad Alsalah
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00022.5

• Analyses based on the 16S rRNA and secA genes identify a new phytoplasma subgroup associated with a lethal yellowing-type disease of coconut in Côte d'Ivoire

  • Author: Yaima Arocha Rosete, Jean L. Konan-Konan, Atta H. Diallo, Kouassi Allou, James Scott
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00023.7

• Potential novel ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pini’-related strain associated with coconut lethal yellowing in Mozambique

  • Author: Joao Bila, Ana Mondjana, Berit Samils, Nils Högberg
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00024.9

• Occurrence of Awka wilt disease of coconut in Nigeria for one century

  • Author: Isaac Jesuorobo Osagie, Edward Eghomwan Ojomo, Fabian Pilet
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00025.0

• Phytoplasmas associated with yellow wilt disease of sugar beet in Chile

  • Author: Nicola Fiore, Ximena González, Alan Zamorano, Nicolás Quiroga, Ramiro Paillalef, Ana María Pino
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00026.2

• Status of alfalfa witches’ broom phytoplasma disease in Iran

  • Author: Seyyed Alireza Esmailzadeh Hosseini, Gholam Khodakaramian, Mohammad Salehi, Seyed Reza Fani, Hamidreza Bolok Yazdi, Davood Raoufi, Omid Jadidi, Assunta Bertaccini
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00027.4

• Preliminary study on some ornamental plant phytoplasma diseases in north of Iran

  • Author: Majid Aldaghi, Assunta Bertaccini
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00028.6

• Phytoplasma diseases on major crops in Vietnam

  • Author: Trinh X. Hoat, Mai V. Quan, Dang T. Lan Anh, Nguyen N. Cuong, Pham T. Vuong, Elizabeth Alvarez, Thuy T.D. Nguyen, Kris Wyckhuys, Samanta Paltrinieri, Juan M. Pardo, Juan F. Mejia, Nguyen D. Thanh, Matthew Dickinson, Cao A. Duong, Nimal C. Kumasaringhe, Assunta Bertaccini
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00029.8

• Report on phytoplasma new host plants in Pakistan

  • Author: Samina Jam Nazeer Ahmad, Jam Nazeer Ahmad, Muhammad Irfan, Mubasher Ahmad, Muhammad Aslam
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00030.4

• The source plant for phytoplasmas in the Israeli vineyards is still a mystery

  • Author: Mery Dafny Yelin, David Orbach, Tirtza Zahavi, Rakefet Sharon, Rima Brudoley, Roni Shachar Barkai, Maor Tomer, Carmit Sofer-Arad, Phyllis Weintraub, Munir Mawassi, Vered Naor
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00031.6

• ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri’ in peach orchards in Spain

  • Author: Amparo Laviña, Jordi Sabaté, Assumpció Batlle
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00032.8

• Detection and multigene characterisation of a ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum’-related phytoplasma associated with witches’ broom symptoms in pineapple fruit

  • Author: Eleonora Satta, Samanta Paltrinieri, Nicoletta Contaldo, Assunta Bertaccini, Juan F. Mejia
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00033.X

• Lagenaria siceraria yellows associated with phytoplasma presence in Brazil

  • Author: Helena G. Montano, Assunta Bertaccini, João P. Pimentel, Juan F. Mejia, Nicoletta Contaldo, Samanta Paltrinieri
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00034.1

• First report of phytoplasma associated with Eucalyptus urophylla showing witches’ broom in Brazil

  • Author: Adriana Neves de Souza, Silvia Leão de Carvalho, Fábio Nascimento da Silva, Acelino Couto Alfenas, Edival A. Valverde Zauza, Claudine M. Carvalho
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00035.3

• Phytoplasma identification in iberis exhibiting stunting and witches’ broom symptoms

  • Author: Nicoletta Contaldo, Maria Grazia Bellardi, Samanta Paltrinieri, Assunta Bertaccini
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00036.5

• Phyllanthus niruri L.: a new host of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ in India

  • Author: Savita Chaube, Smriti Mall, Durgesh K. Dubey, Govind P. Rao
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00037.7

• First report of oil seed rape (Brassica napus) associated phytoplasma diseases and their insect vector in Pakistan

  • Author: Jam Nazeer Ahmad, Samina Jam Nazeer Ahmad, Muhammad Jalal Arif, Muhammad Irfan
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00038.9

• ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ is associated with citrus “huanglongbing” disease in Mexico

  • Author: Alda A. Arratia-Castro, María E. Santos-Cervantes, Ernesto Fernández-Herrera, Jesús A. Chávez-Medina, Gabriela L. Flores-Zamora, Erika Camacho-Beltrán, Jesús Méndez-Lozano, Norma E. Leyva-López
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00039.0

• Detection of mixed infection of phytoplasmas and yellow leaf virus in commercial sugarcane cultivars and their impact on yield and quality parameters

  • Author: Amreen Iqbal, Ajay Kumar Tiwari, Kavita , Govind P Rao
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00040.7

• First report of mixed infection of phytoplasmas and begomoviruses in eggplant in India

  • Author: Jitender Singh, Aastha Singh, Pankaj Kumar, Anchal Rani, Virendra K. Baranwal, Anil Sirohi
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00041.9

• Simultaneous transmission of phytoplasma and spiroplasma by Dalbulus maidis leafhopper and symptoms of infected maize

  • Author: Elizabeth de Oliveira, Elena Charlotte Landau, Sylvia Morais de Sousa
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00042.0

• A new disease in Citrus aurantifolia in Oman, “sudden decline”, is associated with a pathogen complex including a 16SrII group phytoplasma

  • Author: Fábio Nascimento da Silva, Adriana Neves de Souza, Issa Al-Mahmooli, Abdullah Mohd Al-Sa'di, Claudine M. Carvalho
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00043.2

• Epidemiological role of spontaneous weeds in the spreading of “bois noir” phytoplasma

  • Author: Nicola Mori, Alessandro Passera, Fabio Quaglino, Gabriele Posenato, Piero Attilio Bianco
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00044.4

• Trap plants reduces grapevine yellows disease incidence in commercial vineyards

  • Author: Rakefet Sharon, Maor Tomer, Tamar Sokolsky, Carmit Sofer-Arad, Tirtza Zahavi
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00045.6

• Reactions of some grapevine cultivars to “bois noir” phytoplasma

  • Author: Filiz Ertunc, Atilla Cakir, Gökhan Söylemezoglu, Didem Canik, Serife Topkaya, Serife Bayram
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00046.8

• Introduction of beneficial bacteria to grapevines as a possible control of phytoplasma associated diseases

  • Author: Vered Naor, Lilach Iasur-Kruh, Roni Barkai, Rima Bordolei, Shany Rodoy, Meiram Harel, Tirtza Zahavi, Einat Zhori-Fein
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00047.X

• Urtica dioica, main host plant of the “stolbur” phytoplasma in vineyards of La Rioja and Navarre (Spain)

  • Author: Jordi Sabaté, Amparo Laviña, Assumpció Batlle
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00048.1

• Detection of 16SrIII-J phytoplasma in Galega officinalis L., a weed commonly associated to pome fruit orchards in Chile

  • Author: Alan Zamorano, Ximena González, Ana María Pino, Nicolás Quiroga, Nicola Fiore
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00049.3

• Abundance of the insect vector of two different Mollicutes plant pathogens in the vegetative maize cycle

  • Author: Elizabeth de Oliveira, Sônia Ternes, Raphael Vilamiu, Elena Charlotte Landau, Charles Martins de Oliveira
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00050.X

• Status of sesame phyllody and its control methods in Yazd, Iran

  • Author: Seyyed Alireza Esmailzadeh Hosseini, Mohammad Salehi, Golam Khodakaramian, Hamidreza Bolok Yazdi, Masumeh Salehi, Ali Jafari Nodooshan, Omid Jadidi, Assunta Bertaccini
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00051.1

• Molecular study of the effect of exogenous phytohormones application in “stolbur” phytoplasma infected tomatoes on disease development

  • Author: Jam Nazeer Ahmad, Joël Renaudin, Sandrine Eveillard
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00052.3

• Transcriptional profiling in infected and recovered grapevine plant responses to ’Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’

  • Author: Marina Dermastia, Petra Nikolic, Marko Chersicola, Kristina Gruden
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00053.5

• Phytoplasma effector SAP11 altered phosphate starvation responses and root architecture in Arabidopsis

  • Author: Yen-Ting Lu, Meng-Ying Li, Kai-Tan Cheng, Choon Meng Tan, Li-Wen Su, Jun-Yi Yang
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00054.7

• Interaction between cold atmospheric plasma and phytoplasmas in micropropagated infected periwinkle shoots

  • Author: Nicoletta Contaldo, Eleonora Satta, Samanta Paltrinieri, Matteo Gherardi, Romolo Laurita, Augusto Stancampiano, Yuri Zambon, Vittorio Colombo, Assunta Bertaccini
  • DOI: 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00055.9

• INDEXES

  Index of Authors