Streamlining Global Germplasm Exchange: Integrating Scientific Rigor and Common Sense to Exclude Phantom Agents from Regulation.

This collaborative work by over 180 researchers from 40+ countries addresses the challenges posed by "phantom agents"-putative pathogenic agents named in literature without supporting data on their existence. Those agents remain on regulatory lists, creating barriers in trade and plant certification. Historically identified based solely on symptoms, these agents lack isolates or sequence data, making reliable detection or risk assessment impossible.

First Report of ' Phytoplasma trifolii'-Related Strain Associated with Vaccinium Reddish Witches'-Broom Disease of European Blueberry in Lithuania.

European blueberries ( L.) can be found across the Northern Hemisphere, particularly in cool, temperate forests. These shrubs produce dark blue berries that are rich in vitamins, antioxidants, and anthocyanins making them valuable for both human consumption and food supplements.

First Report of Lingonberry Stunted Yellows Disease of L. associated with ' Phytoplasma trifolii'-Related Phytoplasma Strain in Lithuania.

Lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.) are low-growing, evergreen shrubs of cooler, northern regions of North America and Europe. These plants produce berries that are unique in flavor, bear high economic significance, and play a vital role in maintaining the diversity of the northern ecosystems (Kowalska, 2021).

Highlights of the Latest Advances in Research on CDK Inhibitors.

Uncontrolled proliferation is the hallmark of cancer and other proliferative disorders and abnormal cell cycle regulation is, therefore, common in these diseases. Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) play a crucial role in the control of the cell cycle and proliferation. These kinases are frequently deregulated in various cancers, viral infections, neurodegenerative diseases, ischemia and some proliferative disorders.

Evaluation of the DNA-dependent RNA polymerase β-subunit gene (rpoB) for phytoplasma classification and phylogeny.

Phytoplasmas are classified into 16Sr groups and subgroups and 'Candidatus Phytoplasma' species, largely or entirely based on analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences. Yet, distinctions among closely related 'Ca. Phytoplasma' species and strains based on 16S rRNA genes alone have limitations imposed by the high degree of rRNA nucleotide sequence conservation across diverse phytoplasma lineages and by the presence in a phytoplasma genome of two, sometimes sequence-heterogeneous, copies of the 16S rRNA gene.