First report of group 16SrIV phytoplasmas infecting coconut palms with leaf yellowing symptoms on the Pacific coast of Mexico

Plant Pathology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 808-

  Harrison, N A ^a   Narvaez M ^b   Almeyda, H ^c   Cordova, I ^b   Carpio, M L ^a   Oropeza, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW RECORD; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOPLASMA; SYMPTOM;

MEXICO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCOS NUCIFERA; PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 0036910417     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2002.00778.x     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Harrison NA, Richardson PA, Kramer JB, Tsai JH, 1994. Detection of the phytoplasma associated with lethal yellowing disease of palms in Florida by polymerase chain reaction. Plant Pathology 43, 998-1008.
2. Harrison NA, Womack M, Carpio ML, 2002. Detection and characterization of a lethal yellowing (16SrIV) group phytoplasma in Canary Island date palms affected by lethal decline in Texas. Plant Disease 86, 676-81.
3. Lee I-M, Gundersen-Rindal DE, Davis RE, Bartoszyk IM, 1998. Revised classification scheme of phytoplasmas based on RFLP analyses of 16S rRNA and ribosomal protein gene sequences. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 48, 1153-69.