Soukainen, M.


Publications
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First Report of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali,’ the Causal Agent of Apple Proliferation Disease, in Apple Trees in Finland

Citation
Lemmetty et al. (2013). Plant Disease 97 (10)
Names
Ca. Phytoplasma mali
Abstract
Based on an earlier survey of putative psyllid vectors of apple proliferation (AP), carried out in 2009 and 2010, Cacopsylla picta (Förster) populations infected with ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’ were detected in at least two commercial apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) orchards in southern Finland (1). To establish the presence of ‘Ca. P. mali’ in apple trees, a survey was conducted in 17 commercial apple orchards in August 2012. Phytosanitary inspectors tracked the source of the ‘Ca. P. mali’ b