ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Less common phytoplasmas infecting stone fruit trees
1
Department of Plant Protection
Institute of Horticulture
Konstytucji 3 Maja 1/3, 96-100 Skierniewice, Poland
Corresponding author
Mirosława Cieślińska
Department of Plant Protection Institute of Horticulture Konstytucji 3 Maja 1/3, 96-100 Skierniewice, Poland
Department of Plant Protection Institute of Horticulture Konstytucji 3 Maja 1/3, 96-100 Skierniewice, Poland
Journal of Plant Protection Research 2011;51(4):435-440
KEYWORDS
CandidatusPhytoplasma’ speciesgeographic distributionhostssymptomsinsect vectorsdetectionidentification
ABSTRACT
Prunus
species plants can be infected by eight ’
Candidatus
Phytoplasma’ (
‘Ca
. P.’) species classified to eight distinctive taxo-
nomic groups: ‘
Ca
. P. prunorum’ (16SrX-B), ‘
Ca
. P. mali’ (16SrX-A), ‘
Ca
. P. pyri’ (16SrX-C), ‘
Ca
. P. asteris’ (16SrI), ‘
Ca
. P. aurantifolia’
(16SrII), ‘
Ca
. P. ziziphi’ (16SrV), ‘
Ca.
P. fraxini’ (16SrVII), ‘
Ca
. P. phoenicium’ (16SrIX) and two potentially new species: ‘
Ca
. P. pruni’
(16SrIII) and ‘
Ca
. P. solani’ (16SrXII). These agents occur incidentally in orchards and their impact on stone fruit production is lower
than ‘
Candidatus
Phytoplasma prunorum’. Hosts, geographic distribution, symptoms and insect vectors of these ‘
Ca
. P.’ species, methods of their identification, and control management are reviewed
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors have declared that no conflict of interests exist.
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