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Detection of Bois noir phytoplasma in the vectoring ciciid Hyalethes obsoletus.

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  • Project leader : Dr. Johannes Fahrentrapp
  • Project team : Bernd Panassiti
  • Project status : completed
  • Funding partner : Internal
  • Project partner : Staatliches Weinbauinstitut Freiburg
  • Contact person : Johannes Fahrentrapp

Description

Bois noir is a yellow disease of grapevines (Vitis vinifera) caused by phytoplasmas belonging to the class 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani'. These phytoplasmas live mostly on bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) and stinging nettle (Urtica dioica). By accident they are transmitted by the ciciid  Hyalesthes obsoletus to V. vinifera. We investigate the incidence of infected H. obsoletus caught on a vineyard close to Heidelberg, Germany.


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