You’ll need to send in a sample to the AgCenter Plant Diagnostic Center, which LSU AgCenter plant doctor Raj Singh oversees.

Phytoplasma diseases represent a significant threat to agroecosystems worldwide. These wall‐less, insect‐transmitted pathogens disrupt plant physiology by colonising the phloem and altering host ...

Phytoplasma are a type of bacteria that live within the cells and cause devastating diseases with damaging effects. For example, in many cases plants infected with phytoplasma are no longer able to ...

In 2006, in the Tampa Bay area, a date palm tree died. Researchers conducted a “bot-topsy” (a not-so-serious term used by plant pathologists to describe a botanical autopsy) on the tree and revealed ...

A research team has uncovered a significant regulatory mechanism that enhances the jujube tree's defense against phytoplasma infections. By focusing on lignin biosynthesis, the study highlights how ...

Wild herbaceous dicotyledonous plants (dicots) showing symptoms ascribable to phytoplasma disorders were found to be widely distributed in organic vineyards in central Tuscany (Italy) affected by bois ...

Apple proliferation (AP) causes major economic losses to the European apple industry. The causal agent associated with AP is 'Candidatus Phytoplasma mali' which belongs to the same phylogenetic ...

While investigating a disease outbreak in a Queensland botanical gardens, researchers discovered a new species of bacteria that causes a fatal disease in palms. The bacterium, which they named ...

Aster yellows is not a new variety of flower; instead, it is a bacteria that affects over 300 species of plants, including ornamentals such as aster, coneflower, zinnia, marigold, chrysanthemum, ...

Kochi: The Kerala Nature Protection Council (KNPC) has sought details on the phytoplasma plant pathogens used to filter the leachate off its contaminants before it flows into the Kadambrayar at ...