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    A ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma omanense’-related strain detected in yellowing grapevine, stunted bindweed and Cixiidae planthoppers in Lebanon

    Grapevine yellows (GY) affecting Lebanese vineyards are reported to be associated with ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’, the bois noir (BN) etiological agent. However, during a field survey in June 2014 for BN in ...

    Xavier Foissac, Fouad Jreijiri, Pascal Salar in European Journal of Plant Pathology (2019)

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    Minor cultures as hosts for vectors of extensive crop diseases: Does Salvia sclarea act as a pathogen and vector reservoir for lavender decline?

    Stolbur is a phytoplasma disease affecting crops worldwide. The planthopper Hyalesthes obsoletus is the main natural vector of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’ responsible of stolbur. In France, lavender (Lavandul...

    Julien Chuche, Jean-Luc Danet, Jean-Baptiste Rivoal in Journal of Pest Science (2018)

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    Use the insiders: could insect facultative symbionts control vector-borne plant diseases?

    Insect vector-borne plant diseases, particularly those whose causative agents are viral, or phloem- and xylem-restricted bacteria, greatly impact crop losses. Since plants are immobile, the epidemiology of vec...

    Julien Chuche, Nathalie Auricau-Bouvery, Jean-Luc Danet in Journal of Pest Science (2017)

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    Tuf and secY PCR Amplification and Genoty** of Phytoplasmas

    Tuf and secY genoty** techniques have been developed to distinguish phytoplasma strains. Tuf polymerase chain reaction sequence analyses are available for phytoplasma taxonomic groups 16SrI, 16Sr...

    Xavier Foissac, Jean-Luc Danet, Sylvie Malembic-Maher, Pascal Salar in Phytoplasma (2013)

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    Candidatus Phlomobacter fragariae’ and the proteobacterium associated with the low sugar content syndrome of sugar beet are related to bacteria of the arsenophonus clade detected in hemipteran insects

    The phylogeny of ‘Candidatus Phlomobacter fragariae’(Ca. P. fragariae), the agent of the strawberry marginal chlorosis (SMC), and the proteobacterium associated with the low sugar content syndrome of sugar beet (...

    Pascal Salar, Olivier Sémétey, Jean-Luc Danet in European Journal of Plant Pathology (2010)

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    Occurrence and distribution of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma trifolii’ associated with diseases of solanaceous crops in Lebanon

    A survey for phytoplasma diseases in tomato and pepper fields in Lebanon was conducted during 2003 and 2004. Tomato plants with stunting, yellowing or purplish leaves, proliferation of laterals buds, hypertrop...

    Elia Choueiri, Pascal Salar, Fouad Jreijiri in European Journal of Plant Pathology (2007)