Monday, 30 January 2017

PRO/PL> Liberibacter, carrot - Israel: 1st rep

Other Plant Disease -- Israel
The NPPO of Israel recently informed EPPO of the first report of 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum' (the potato haplotypes are listed in the EPPO A1 List) on its territory.
'Ca. L. solanacearum' was detected in commercial fields of carrot (_Daucus carota_ cvs 'Nairobi', 'Maestro', 'Dordogne') in Northern and Southern Israel. The pathogen was identified in symptomatic carrot plants by both classical and real-time PCR assays. In addition, sequencing confirmed the identity of 'Ca. L.

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2jxo6QD

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