Multiple factors driving the acquisition efficiency of apple proliferation phytoplasma in Cacopsylla melanoneura.

ABSTRACT: Phytoplasmas are bacterial pathogens located in the plant's phloem that are responsible for several plant diseases and are mainly transmitted by phloem-sucking insects. Apple proliferation (AP) is an economically important disease associated with the presence of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma mali' which is transmitted by two psyllid species. While Cacopsylla picta is a vector in different regions, the vector efficiency of C. melanoneura varies between different populations. This species is considered the main AP vector in Northwestern Italy but plays a minor role in Northeastern Italy and other European regions. To investigate whether the psyllid and/or the phytoplasma subtype drive the phytoplasma acquisition in C. melanoneura, a phytoplasma acquisition experiment wa

SUBMITTER: Corretto E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11344730 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature