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A new inclusive MLVA assay to investigate genetic variability of Xylella fastidiosa with a specific focus on the Apulian outbreak in Italy
The Olive Quick Decline Syndrome by Xylella fastidiosa subspecies pauca is among the most severe phytopathological emergencies nowadays. In few years, the outbreak devastated olive groves in Apul...
Comparative genomics of Clavibacter michiganensis subspecies, pathogens of important agricultural crops
Subspecies of Clavibacter michiganensis are important phytobacterial pathogens causing devastating diseases in several agricultural crops. The genome organizations of these pathogens are poorly und...
Identification of genetic relationships and subspecies signatures in Xylella fastidiosa
The phytopathogenic bacterium Xylella fastidiosa was thought to be restricted to the Americas where it infects and kills numerous hosts. Its detection worldwide has been blooming since 2013 in Euro...
Two new species of Graphocephala Van Duzee from Costa Rica (Cicadellidae : Cicadellinae)
The genus Graphocephala, which was described by Van Duzee ( 1916), is a large complex group distributed from southern Canada to Colombia, Venezuela, and French Guiana. Young ( 1977) revised the gen...
Validity of Homalodisca and of H-vitripennis as the name for glassy-winged sharpshooter (Hemiptera : Cicadellidae : Cicadellinae)
A male of Tettigonia vitripennis Germar-deposited in the recently rediscovered Germar Hemiptera collection, in the Ivan Franko National University (Ukraine)-is designated as the lectotype and assum...
What makes Xanthomonas albilineans unique amongst xanthomonads?
Xanthomonas alb//means causes leaf scald, a lethal disease of sugarcane. Compared to other species ofXanthomonas, X albilineans exhibits distinctive pathogenic mechanisms, ecology and taxonomy. Its...
