Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.), family Solanaceae, has become in the past fifty years
one of the most important and extensively grown horticultural crops in the Mediterranean …

In the last decades, the evolution of molecular diagnosis methods has generated different
advanced tools, like loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP). Currently, it is a well …

Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) is a member of Tobamovirus infecting tomato and
pepper. Within North America, both the United States and Mexico consider ToBRFV to be a …

Among grapevine yellows, Bois noir (BN), associated with 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani',
represents the biggest threat in the main wine-growing areas worldwide, causing significant …

Every year, in Italy many new cases of Flavescence dorée (FD) and Esca disease (ED) are
recorded in Vitis vinifera, resulting in plant death and reduced production. FD is caused by …

Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca (Xfp) infects olive trees and other hosts in Southern Apulia
(Italy), devastating agriculture and landscape. A containment strategy of the disease …

This pest survey card was prepared in the context of the EFSA mandate on plant pest
surveillance (M2017‐0137) at the request of the European Commission. Its purpose is to …

Phytoplasmas are obligate phytopathogenic bacteria associated with devastating diseases
in hundreds of crops across the world. They have been responsible for huge economic …

The yielding capacity of grapevine growth and the quality of the resulting product heavily
depend on the health of the cultivated plants. The phytopathogens affecting the vineyards …

This work is to compile our current knowledge on GY phytoplasma biology at the genomic,
transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics level, as well as to summarize the …