Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense is associated with pumpkin yellow leaf curl disease in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern TerritoryExport / Share PlumX View Altmetrics View AltmetricsStreten, 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 (1). pp. 103-105.
Article Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AP04077 Publisher URL: http://www.publish.csiro.au/ AbstractPumpkin plants (Cucurbita maxima and C. 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 from Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense, the phytoplasma associated with papaya dieback and strawberry lethal yellows. This is the first time Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense has been detected in pumpkin.
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