Cai, H.


Publications
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First Report of a Natural Infection of Opuntia sp. by a ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’-Related Phytoplasma in China

Citation
Wei et al. (2007). Plant Disease 91 (4)
Names
Ca. Phytoplasma asteris
Abstract
Cacti (Opuntia spp.) are perennial, evergreen, succulent plants native to arid areas of the Americas. Because of their aesthetic appearance, many cacti have been cultivated and introduced to other parts of the world as ornamentals. Cacti are susceptible to phytoplasma infections and develop witches'-broom (WB) disease. Currently, all reported cactus WB cases are associated with infections by phytoplasmas in the peanut witches'-broom group (16SrII) (1,2,4). During a phytoplasma diversity survey