ASSOCIATION OF PHYTOPLASMAS WITH A YELLOWS DISEASE OF CARROT IN ISRAEL

I. Sela, S. Orenstein, A. Franck, L. Kuznetzova, E. Tanne
doi: 10.4454/jpp.v81i3.1076
Abstract:
A carrot disease resembling carrot yellows has recently appeared in Israel. Electron microscopy and PCR analyses confirmed that the causative agent is a phytoplasma. This is the first report of carrot yellows in Israel. It was detected in five varieties from different regions of the country. Most of the infected plants carried the AY-type phytoplasma, but a few were found to carry a unique type of phytoplasma, hitherto not reported in carrots, which resembles X-disease agent. Both types of phytoplasma could be transmitted to periwinkle.
Vol. 81, N° 3 (1999)
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