EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Phytoplasma mali'(PHYPMA)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Malus domestica (MABSD) Major host
Dahlia (1DAHG) Host
Forsythia suspensa (FOSSU) Host
* Abraitienë A, Bevilacqua A, Scarafoni A, Quaglino F (2018) First report of Forsythia suspensa, Spiraea vanhouttei and Viburnum lantana as new natural plant hosts of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’ the causal agent of apple proliferation disease in Lithuania. Plant Disease 102(10), p 2026.
------- Causing leaf reddening on a garden plant in the district of Kaunas.
Lilium hybrids (LILHY) Host
Malus (1MABG) Host
Prunus armeniaca (PRNAR) Host
* Mehle N, Brzin J, Boben J, Hren M, Frank J, Petroviè N, Gruden K, Dreo T, Zezlina, Seljak G and Ravnikar M (2007) First report of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’ in Prunus avium, P. armeniaca and P. domestica. Plant Pathology 56(4), 721.
Prunus avium (PRNAV) Host
* Mehle N, Brzin J, Boben J, Hren M, Frank J, Petroviè N, Gruden K, Dreo T, Zezlina, Seljak G and Ravnikar M (2007) First report of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’ in Prunus avium, P. armeniaca and P. domestica. Plant Pathology 56(4), 721.
Prunus cerasus (PRNCE) Host
Prunus domestica (PRNDO) Host
* Mehle N, Brzin J, Boben J, Hren M, Frank J, Petroviè N, Gruden K, Dreo T, Zezlina, Seljak G and Ravnikar M (2007) First report of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’ in Prunus avium, P. armeniaca and P. domestica. Plant Pathology 56(4), 721.
Pyrus communis (PYUCO) Host
* Del Serrone P, La Starza S, Krystai L, Kölber M, Barba M (1998) Occurrence of apple proliferation and pear decline phytoplasmas in diseased pear trees in Hungary. Journal of Plant Pathology 80, 53–58.

* Seemüller E, Schneider B (2004) ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’, ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri’ and ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum’, the causal agents of apple proliferation, pear decline and European stone fruit yellows, respectively. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 54(2), 1217–1226.
Pyrus pyrifolia (PYUPY) Host
* Seemüller E, Schneider B (2004) ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’, ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri’ and ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum’, the causal agents of apple proliferation, pear decline and European stone fruit yellows, respectively. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 54(2), 1217–1226.
Ribes (1RIBG) Host
* Špak J, Koloniuk I, Tzanetakis IE (2021) Graft-Transmissible Diseases of Ribes–Pathogens, Impact, and Control. Plant disease, 105(2), 242-250.
Spiraea x vanhouttei (SPVVH) Host
* Abraitienë A, Bevilacqua A, Scarafoni A, Quaglino F (2018) First report of Forsythia suspensa, Spiraea vanhouttei and Viburnum lantana as new natural plant hosts of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’ the causal agent of apple proliferation disease in Lithuania. Plant Disease 102(10), p 2026.
------- Causing decline on a garden plant in the district of Kaunas.
Viburnum lantana (VIBLA) Host
* Abraitienë A, Bevilacqua A, Scarafoni A, Quaglino F (2018) First report of Forsythia suspensa, Spiraea vanhouttei and Viburnum lantana as new natural plant hosts of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’ the causal agent of apple proliferation disease in Lithuania. Plant Disease 102(10), p 2026.
------- Causing witches' broom on a garden plant in the district of Kaunas.