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Witches'Broom of Rhamnus catharticus : A New Phytoplasma Disease
Author(s) -
Müurer R.,
Seemüller E.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of phytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0434
pISSN - 0931-1785
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0434.1996.tb01518.x
Subject(s) - broom , phytoplasma , biology , botany , disease , polymerase chain reaction , ecology , genetics , restriction fragment length polymorphism , medicine , pathology , gene
A lethal witches'broom disease of buckthorn ( Rhamunus catharticus ) has been observed in south‐western Germany. The disease is associated with the presence of a distinct phytoplasma that is most closely related to the phytoplasmas of the apple proliferation cluster. However, the agent can clearly be distinguished from the other cluster members.