Wang, L.


Publications
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First Report of Pear Decline Caused by ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri’ in Ontario, Canada

Citation
Hunter et al. (2010). Plant Disease 94 (5)
Names
Ca. Phytoplasma pyri
Abstract
Pear decline (PD) is a serious disease of pear (Pyrus communis L.) caused by ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri’, which belongs to the subgroup 16SrX-C of the apple proliferation (AP) group of phytoplasmas (3). Pear seedlings from the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) pear breeding program, which have been selected for advanced test and grower trials, are routinely submitted to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Sidney Laboratory (formerly, CFIA Centre for Plant Health, Saanichton, BC)