Detection and identification of aster yellows phytoplasma associated with lipstick yellow frond disease in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Naderali, Neda, Vadamalai, Ganesan, Tan, Yee How, Nejat, Naghmeh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Verlag GmbH 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37007/1/Detection%20and%20identification%20of%20aster%20yellows%20phytoplasma%20associated%20with%20lipstick%20yellow%20frond%20disease%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37007/

Yellowing symptoms similar to coconut yellow decline phytoplasma disease were observed on lipstick palms (Cyrtostachys renda) in Selangor state, Malaysia. Typical symptoms were yellowing, light green fronds, gradual collapse of older fronds and decline in growth. Polymerase chain reaction assay was...