Cassava witches’ broom disease is quickly spreading across Northeastern South America, threatening a critical food staple for ...

Detection and molecular characterization of cactus witches'-broom disease associated with a group 16SrII phytoplasma in northern areas of China ...

Cassava Witches' Broom Disease (CWBD), a harvest-reducing pathogen originating in Southeast Asia, has crossed the Pacific and has been detected in French Guiana and Brazil.

Mites and viruses also can cause brooms, as well as bacteria-like intracellular parasites called phytoplasmas that cause diseases of deciduous trees, which can lead to broom formation.

Plant pathologists based in Vientiane, Laos, have identified the root cause of cassava witches’ broom disease. Image Credit: Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT / A. Galeon This discovery’s cutting-edge ...

In a recent breakthrough, DNA sequencing technology has uncovered the culprit behind cassava witches' broom disease: the fungus genus Ceratobasidium. The cutting-edge nanopore technology used for ...

Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.), an important species in the Rhamnaceae family, has been cultivated in China for over 7,000 years and is vulnerable to Jujube witches' broom (JWB) disease.

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The national flower of Brazil, known locally as Ipê (Handroanthus and Tabebuia), is under attack by a phytoplasma. These parasitic bacteria are carried from tree to tree by insects feeding on or ...