Open AccessFirst report of molecular identification of ‘ Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri’ in pear trees in Belgium
Author(s) -
Olivier T.,
Demonty E.,
Peusens G.,
Beliën T.,
Steyer S.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
new disease reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.184
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2044-0588
DOI - 10.5197/j.2044-0588.2012.026.029
Subject(s) - phytoplasma , biology , pear , genbank , 16s ribosomal rna , amplicon , polymerase chain reaction , primer (cosmetics) , botany , genetics , gene , restriction fragment length polymorphism , chemistry , organic chemistry
Apple proliferation (AP) is a quarantine organism for the European Union that has been assigned to the Candidatus taxon, ' Candidatus Phytoplasma mali' (Seemuller & Schneider, 2004). Although the first case of AP was recorded in…