Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology


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Multilocus Sequence Analysis Reveals Three Distinct Populations of “ Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola” with a Specific Geographical Distribution on the African Continent

Citation
Pilet et al. (2019). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 85 (8)
Names
Ca. Phytoplasma Ca. Phytoplasma palmicola
Abstract
Coconut is an important crop for both industry and small stakeholders in many intertropical countries. Phytoplasma-associated lethal yellowing-like diseases have become one of the major pests that limit coconut cultivation as they have emerged in different parts of the world. We developed a multilocus sequence typing scheme (MLST) for tracking epidemics of “ Ca . Phytoplasma palmicola,” which is responsible for coconut lethal yellowing disease (CLYD) on the A