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Fruit Crop Phytoplasmas

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Phytoplasmas: Plant Pathogenic Bacteria - I

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The present chapter focuses on phytoplasmas and phytoplasma diseases affecting stone, pome, and small fruit worldwide. An outlook is also provided on other fruit tree species growing mainly in tropical and subtropical areas that are oftern infected by phytoplasma diseases usually associated with crop losses or loss of fruit quality and marketability.

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Fiore, N. et al. (2018). Fruit Crop Phytoplasmas. In: Rao, G., Bertaccini, A., Fiore, N., Liefting, L. (eds) Phytoplasmas: Plant Pathogenic Bacteria - I. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0119-3_6

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