Journal of Plant Pathology & Microbiology

Government College University, Faisalabad, Layyah Campus, Punjab, Pakistan

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• Research Article   
  Effect of Phytoplasma Infection on Primary and Secondary Metabolites and Antioxidative Enzyme Activities of Sweet Orange (Citrus sinenses L.)
  Author(s): Asia Rasool, Muhammad Shah Jahan, Umbreen Shazad, Arsia Tariq and Phoebe Nemenzo Calica*
  
  Sweet orange (Citrus sinensis L.) is one of the most economically important citrus crops in the world and is the most commonly grown citrus fruit in the world. Nonetheless, its production is constantly threatened by pathogens that cause considerable economic losses and severe social impacts including phytoplasma. Phytoplasma is an emerging threat to sweet orange production which leads to severe yield losses worldwide. Phytoplasmas are phloem-limited pleomorphic bacteria, mainly transmitted through leafhoppers but also by plant propagation materials and seeds. This study aimed to evaluate the biochemical alterations in sweet orange plant as a response to phytoplasma infection. Phytoplasma-infected plants in this study, showed symptoms, such as yellowing of leaves, stunted and rolled foliage, unripened shoots and fruits, stunted roots or plant and &l.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2157-7471.20.11.519

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