Plant Pathology (2007) 56, p. 346 (Habili et al.)

N. Habili, N. Farrokhi and J.W. Randles (2007)
First detection of Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense in Liquidambar styraciflua in Australia
Plant Pathology 56 (2), 346-346
Abstract: A liquidambar tree on the Waite Campus, South Australia had symptoms of a chronic patchy chlorosis of the crown and dieback of apical and lateral branches, when compared to five other trees each about 40 years old growing in the same roadside verge. Total nucleic acids were extracted and analyzed for phytoplasmas by nested PCR. The results confirmed a phytoplasma similar, but not identical, to strawberry lethal yellows phytoplasma, which belongs to the Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense group.
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Database assignments for author(s): Nuredin Habili, John W. Randles

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Phytoplasma australiense	Liquidambar (genus)	Australia (South+SE)