Fisher, T. W.


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

Citation
Munyaneza et al. (2010). Plant Disease 94 (5)
Names
“Liberibacter solanacearum”
Abstract
Carrot (Daucus carota) plants with symptoms resembling those of carrot psyllid (Trioza apicalis) damage (3,4) were observed in 14 commercial fields in southern Finland in August 2008; all cultivars grown were affected at approximately 5 to 35% symptomatic plants per field. T. apicalis, a pest of carrots in northern and central Europe, can cause up to 100% crop loss (3,4). Symptoms on affected plants included leaf curling, yellow and purple discoloration of leaves, stunted growth of shoots and r