Obradović, Aleksa


Publications
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Molecular detection and identification of 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum'

Citation
Menković, Obradović (2021). Biljni lekar 49 (1)
Names
“Liberibacter solanacearum”
Abstract
"Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum" is a gram-negative, fastidious bacterium that inhabits and multiplies in the phloem of host plants. The bacterium causes economically important diseases of solanaceous crops such as "zebra chips" of potatoes, and chlorotic weakening of cultivated plants of the Apiaceae family. Beside potatotes, this pathogen causes significant economic losses in tobacco, peper and tomato production. Insect vectors classified in the family Triozidae play an important role in