Assessing Carrot Accessions Susceptibility to the Bacterial Pathogen ' Liberibacter solanacearum' and Its Associated Symptoms.

' Liberibacter solanacearum' is an insect-transmitted bacterium associated with several plant diseases. In the Mediterranean Basin, '. L.

Introduction of a putative biocontrol agent into a range of phytoplasma- and liberibacter-susceptible crop plants.

Background: Phytoplasma, the causative agent of Bois Noir disease of grapevines, are vectored by the planthopper Hyalesthes obsoletus (Hemiptera: Cixiidae). A Dyella-like bacterium (DLB) isolated from H. obsoletus inhibits the growth of Spiroplasma melliferum, a cultivable relative of phytoplasma.