Lefort, François


Publications
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First report of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum, the European stone fruit yellows phytoplasma on peach trees on the territory of Canton of Geneva, Switzerland

Citation
Etropolska, Lefort (2019). International Journal of Phytopathology 8 (2)
Names
Ca. Phytoplasma prunorum
Abstract
In recent years, ‘Ca. P. prunorum’, the agent of ESFY was reported from several apricot orchards of Canton of Wallis, the main apricot production region in Switzerland (Genini and Ramel, 2004). The psyllid vector Cacopsylla pruni was also found in several locations in the Lake Geneva area (Ackermann et al., 2006). The presence of the disease and of its proven vector C. pruni at the eastern part of the Lake Geneva area, as well as the existing risk of dissemination of ESFY to other stone fruit or