Phytoplasma are a type of bacteria that live within the cells and cause devastating diseases with damaging effects. For example, in many cases plants infected with phytoplasma are no longer able to ...

Research in tropical ecosystems is increasingly uncovering the intricate relationships between phytoplasmas and planthoppers. Phytoplasmas are specialised, wall-less microorganisms confined to plant ...

In 2006, in the Tampa Bay area, a date palm tree died. Researchers conducted a “bot-topsy” (a not-so-serious term used by plant pathologists to describe a botanical autopsy) on the tree and revealed ...

A research team has uncovered a significant regulatory mechanism that enhances the jujube tree's defense against phytoplasma infections. By focusing on lignin biosynthesis, the study highlights how ...

Wild herbaceous dicotyledonous plants (dicots) showing symptoms ascribable to phytoplasma disorders were found to be widely distributed in organic vineyards in central Tuscany (Italy) affected by bois ...

While investigating a disease outbreak in a Queensland botanical gardens, researchers discovered a new species of bacteria that causes a fatal disease in palms. The bacterium, which they named ...

Phytoplasma effector SAP05 induces witches' broom in Arabidopsis [John Innes Centre] The results of studies in a plant model organism suggest that a newly discovered mechanism used by parasitic ...

Apple proliferation (AP) causes major economic losses to the European apple industry. The causal agent associated with AP is 'Candidatus Phytoplasma mali' which belongs to the same phylogenetic ...

Kochi: The Kerala Nature Protection Council (KNPC) has sought details on the phytoplasma plant pathogens used to filter the leachate off its contaminants before it flows into the Kadambrayar at ...