Numerous yellows-type diseases of plants have been associated with wall-less prokaryote
pathogens–phytoplasmas over the last 40 years. These pathogens are not grown in axenic …

This review critically examines the role of boron (B) in forests in view of recent findings on B
nutrition and the continuing occurrence of B deficiency. Many perceptions about the role of B …

Several economically relevant phytoplasma-associated diseases are described together
with an update of phytoplasma taxonomy and major biological and molecular features of …

Nowadays, one of the main challenges is moving towards an eco-sustainable agriculture,
able to preserve the food production through a reduced use of pesticides. Current global …

Background Translational and post-translational protein modifications play a key role in the
response of plants to pathogen infection. Among the latter, phosphorylation is critical in …

ABSTRACT A serious outbreak of flavescence dorée (FD) was reported in Piemonte,
northwestern Italy, in 1998, and since then, the disease has compromised the economy of …

In the present work, we compared hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) localisation and the
activities/contents of antioxidant enzymes and metabolites in the leaf tissues of grapevine …

This study focused on crop plant response to a simultaneous exposure to biosolid and TiO 2
at micro-and nano-scale, being biosolid one of the major sink of TiO 2 nanoparticles …

Grapevine can be severely affected by phytoplasmas, which are phytopathogenic Mollicutes
invading the sieve elements of the host plant. The biochemical and molecular relationships …

'Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum'is an important prokaryotic pathogen that infects stone
fruits in Europe. It is known to cause several economically relevant disorders of Prunus spp …