• First report of a ‘Candidatus phytoplasma pyri’ strain in Argentina 

      Fernandez, Franco Daniel; Marini, Diana Beatriz; Farrando, Roberto Jes; Conci, Luis Rogelio (Springer, 2017-12)
      During the 2015 growing season, peach plants (Prunus persica) showing chlorotic, curling leaves and midrib thickening were detected in production fields in Mendoza province (Midwest region, Argentina). These symptoms ...
    • Identification of three novel subgroups within the X-disease group phytoplasma associated with strawberry redness disease 

      Fernandez, Franco Daniel; Meneguzzi, Natalia; Conci, Luis Rogelio (2017-04)
      Strawberry plants showing symptoms of lethal redness disease were found in production fields located in Tucumán province, Argentina. The presence of phytoplasmas was confirmed by PCR of 16S rDNA gene using phytoplasma ...
    • Phytoplasmas of subgroup 16SrIII-J associated with Beta vulgaris in Argentina 

      Fernandez, Franco Daniel; Guzman, Fabiana; Baffoni, Patricia Andrea; Reinoso, Lucio; Kiehr, Mirta; Delhey, Rolf; Favere, Verónica Mariela; Galdeano, Ernestina; Conci, Luis Rogelio (Springer, 2020-02-19)
      Symptoms of general wilting and yellowing were found affecting Beta vulgaris L. (sugar beet, fodder beet and chard) in the Argentinean region of Bahía Blanca (Buenos Aires province), Valle Medio, and Valle Inferior de Rio ...