Bulletin of Insectology (2011) 64, S71-S72

Zhelyu Avramov, Nicoletta Contaldo, Assunta Bertaccini and Dimitrijka Sakalieva (2011)
First report of stolbur phytoplasmas in Prunus avium in Bulgaria
Bulletin of Insectology 64 (Suppl.), S71-S72
Second International Phytoplasmologist Working Group Meeting (IPWG), Neustadt an der Weinstraße (Germany) September 12-15, 2011
Abstract: Since 2005 the National Plant Protection Service in Bulgaria has included a monitoring program for detection, among other quarantine pests and pathogens, of quarantine phytoplasmas. During surveys conducted under this program. symptoms similar to those reported for phytoplasma diseases were observed in cherry trees. Sampling and molecular analyses allow to verify presence of stolbur phytoplasmas in symptomatic plants of cherry and bindweed in the same orchards suggesting the association of the disease in cherry with phytoplasmas.
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Database assignments for author(s): Zhelyu Avramov, Nicoletta Contaldo, Assunta Bertaccini

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	16SrXII phytoplasma group	Cherry (Prunus avium - Prunus cerasus)	Bulgaria