Stegmark, R.


Publications
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First Report of “Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum” Associated with Psyllid-Affected Carrots in Sweden

Citation
Munyaneza et al. (2012). Plant Disease 96 (3)
Names
“Liberibacter solanacearum”
Abstract
Carrot (Daucus carota) plants with symptoms resembling those associated with the carrot psyllid Trioza apicalis and the bacterium “Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum” (1–4) were observed in 70% of commercial fields in southern Sweden in August 2011, with approximately 1 to 45% symptomatic plants per field. T. apicalis, a pest of carrot in northern and central Europe, including Sweden, can cause as much as 100% crop loss and is associated with “Ca. L. solanacearum” (1–4). Symptoms on affected