Professional paper

Phytoplasma diseases of olive trees

Darko Vončina orcid.org/0000-0001-6093-5471 ; Zavod za fitopatologiju, Agronomski fakultet Zagreb
Bogdan Cvjetković ; Veleučilište „Marko Marulić“ Knin

Abstract

Olive trees can be infected with four different phytoplasmas that could have significant impact on crop performance and yields. Beside transmission by insects dominant way of spreading is through infected planting material. In the article is given short description of symptoms that phytoplasmas can cause in infected olive trees and possibilities for their detection and control.

Keywords

phytoplasmas of olive trees; symptomatology; epidemiology; detection; control

Hrčak ID:

168859

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/168859

Publication date:

1.5.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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