Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense is associated with pumpkin yellow leaf curl disease in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory

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Streten, C., Conde, B., Herrington, M., Moulden, J. and Gibb, K. (2005) Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense is associated with pumpkin yellow leaf curl disease in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Australasian Plant Pathology, 34 . pp. 103-105. ISSN 1448-6032

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Article Link: https://doi.org/10.1071/AP04077

Abstract

Pumpkin plants (Cucurbita maxima andC. moschata) with pumpkin yellow leaf curl (PYLC) disease were observed at production fields in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Diseased samples were positive for a phytoplasma indistinguishable fromCandidatus Phytoplasma australiense, the phytoplasma associated with papaya dieback and strawberry lethal yellows. This is the first timeCandidatus Phytoplasma australiense has been detected in pumpkin.

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Subjects:	Plant pests and diseases > Plant pathology
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