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PRO/PL> Liberibacter, carrot – Greece: 1st rep (TC)

Other Plant Disease -- GreeceIn July 2016, a sample of carrot plants (_Daucus carota_ cv. Dordogne) showing suspicious symptoms (formation of secondary taproots) was collected [in the district of] Boeotia in [the region of Thessaly and] Central Greece. Results of the analysis (PCR) confirmed the presence of '_Candidatus_ Liberibacter solanacearum' [Lso] (potato haplotypes are listed in the EPPO A1 List) in the symptomatic carrot sample.In addition, [Lso] was detected in archived DNA from leaves of Read more [...]