21st International Conference on Virus and other Graft Transmissible Diseases of Fruit Crops : July 5 - 10, 2009, Neustadt, Germany

Inhalt

• Welcome

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  Jelkmann, Wilhelm; Krczal, Gabi

• Next generation sequencing offers new perspectives in comparative genomics of plant associated bacteria

  S. 18

  Kube, Michael

• New drugs for acute and chronic Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infection: from HBV-entry inhibition to liver-specific drug targetting

  S. 18

  Urban, Stephan

• Elucidation of the roles of blackcurrant reversion virus and phytoplasma in the etiology of full blossom disease in currants

  S. 19

  Spak, Josef; Kubelkova, Darina; Pribylova, Jaroslava; Spakova, Vlastimila; Petrzik, Karel

• Association of Tomato Rinsgpot Virus, Tobacco Ringspot Virus and Xiphinema americanum with a decline of highbush blueberry in New York

  S. 19

  Fuchs, Marc

• Biology of Cixius wagneri the planthopper vector of 'Candidatus Phlomobacter fragariae' in strawberry production tunnel, and its consequence on the epidemiology of strawberry marginal chlorosis

  S. 20

  Salar, Pascal

• A new member of the family Reoviridae may contribute to severe crumbly fruit in 'Meeker' red raspberry

  S. 20

  Quito, Diego; Jelkmann Wilhelm; Alt, Simone; Leible, Svenja; Martin, Robert R.

• Production of antisera and evaluation of serology-based techniques for the detection of Blackcurrant reversion virus

  S. 21

  James, Delano; Croft, Heather; Malinowski, Tadeusz; Reed, Christopher

• Molecular diagnostics for the detection of strawberry viruses in Australia

  S. 21

  Constable, F. E.; Bottcher, C.; Kelly, G.; Milinkovic, M.; Persely, D. M.; Rodoni, B. C.

• Sequencing studies for the identification and characterization of new and old Rubus viruses

  S. 22

  MacFarlane, Stuart; McGavin, Wendy

• Emerging strawberry virus and virus-like diseases in the world

  S. 22

  Tzanetakis, I. E.

• Detection of phloem restricted bacteria responsible of strawberry marginal chlorosis (SMC) by real-time PCR in a single assay

  S. 22

  Fimbeau, Sébastien

• Viruses and virus-like diseases in European Ribes

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  Špak, Josef; Kubelková, Darina; Přibylová, Jaroslava; Špaková, Vlastimila; Petrzik, Karel

• Viruses and virus-like diseases in blueberry

  S. 23

  Martin, R.

• Introduction of a certification program in a production of a plum planting material

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  Jevremović, Darko; Paunović, Svetlana

• Disease detection in quality systems for production of nursery stock

  S. 24

  Meekes, Ellis; Bakker, Daniël; Konings, Hans; Toonen, Marcel; Jongedijk, Gerard

• Susceptibility of a range of hazelnut cultivars to apple mosaic ilarvirus

  S. 25

  Gentit, Pascal; Brans, Yoann; Ramat, Charlotte

• Detection of four pome fruit viruses by ELISA and RT-PCR and cluster analyses of apple chlorotic leafspot virus (ACLSV) in apple and pear at the Canadian Clonal Genebank

  S. 25

  Wang, L.; Michelutti, R.; Zunnoon-Khan, S.; Wang, G.; Hong, N.; Matić, S.; Myrta, A.

• Confirmation of the elimination of Apple stem grooving virus from apple trees by in vitro chemotherapy

  S. 25

  Delano, James

• Effects of thermotherapy temperatures on the growth of in vitro cultured pear plants and the elimination of three viruses

  S. 26

  Hong, Ni; Wang, Guoping; Tan, Rongrong; Wang, Liping

• A one-Step Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction-based detection of olive trees viruses in Egypt

  S. 26

  Sahar, A. Y.; Moawed, S. M; El-Sayed, M.; Shalaby, A. A.

• Validation of a microarrays protocol for detection and genotyping of PPV reference samples

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  Pasquini, Graziella

• The microarray detecting six fruit-tree viruses

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  Lenz, Ondrej; Petrzik, Karel; Spak, Josef

• Simultaneous detection of the main stone fruit viruses and viroids by non-isotopic molecular hybridization polyprobe

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  Sánchez-Navarro, Jesús; De la Torre, Rodolfo; Pallás, Vicente

• Real time PCR quantitative analysis of plant viruses in stone fruit trees tissues

  S. 27

  Jarosova, Jana; Kundu, Jiban Kumar

• Reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RTLAMP): A novel method for the detection of Peach latent mosaic viroid (PLMVd)

  S. 28

  Boubourakas, I. N.; Fukuta, S.; Fagioli, F.; Luigi, M.; Barba, Â. M.; Kyriakopoulou, P. E.

• Detection of cherry leafroll virus, prune dwarf virus and prunus necrotic leafroll virus in prunus pollen

  S. 28

  Horner, Mary; Van den Brink, Roy; Hough, Ellena; Eastwell, Kenneth; Howell, William

• Sensitive detection and strain discrimination of plum pox virus using Rt - Real Time PCR- Fret Method

  S. 29

  Malinowski, Tadeusz

• New viruses identified in fig trees exhibiting fig mosaic disease

  S. 29

  Tzanetakis, Ioannis; Martin, Robert

• Application of scanning electron microscopy for diagnosis of phytoplasmas in single and mixed infections in papaya

  S. 29

  Lebsky, Vladimir; Poghosyan, Arevik; Silva-Rosales, Laura

• Fig latent virus 1, a new putative member of the family flexiviridae

  S. 30

  Gattoni, Giuliano; Minafra, Angelantonio; Castellano, Maria Antonietta; De Stradis, Angel; Boscia, Donato; Elbeaino, Toufic; Digiaro, Michele; Martelli, Giovanni Paolo

• Towards the elucidation of the taxonomic position of Prunus-infecting viral agents belonging to the Foveavirus genus and their relationship with Apple stem pitting virus

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  Marais, Armelle; Youssef, Fater; Faure, Chantal; Barone, Maria; Maliogka, Varvara; Katis, Nikos; Foissac, Xavier; Gentit, Pascal; Candresse, Thierry

• Molecular characterisation of viruses from kiwifruit

  S. 31

  Pearson, Michael; Cohen, Daniel; Chavan, Ramesh; Bluin, Arnaud

• Towards dissecting the structural determinant of peach latent mosaic viroid inducing mosaic symptoms

  S. 32

  Delgado, Sonia; Navarro, Beatriz; Gentit, Pascal; Di Serio, Francesco; Flores, Ricardo

• Peach latent mosaic viroid: further dissection of the molecular determinant inducing peach calico disease

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  Navarro, Beatriz; Delgado, Sonia; Rodio, Maria Elena; Flores, Ricardo; Di Serio, Francesco

• Molecular characterization and variability analysis of Apple scar skin viroid

  S. 33

  Walia, Yashika; Kumar, Yogesh; Rana, Tanuja; Hallan, Vipin; Ram, Raja; Zaidi, A. A.

• Deep sequencing of the viroid-derived small RNAs accumulating in peach infected by two symptomatic variants of peach latent mosaic viroid

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  Di Serio, Francesco; Giesel, Andreas; Navarro, Beatriz; Delgado, Sonia; Martínez de Alba, Angel-Emilio; Donvito, Giacinto; Flores, Ricardo

• Two novel variants of hop stunt viroid associated with yellow corky vein disease of sweet orange and split bark disorder of sweet lime in Iran

  S. 34

  Bagherian, Seyed Ali Akbar; Izadpanah, K.

• The molecular characterization of hop stunt viroid isolates associated to dapple fruit and fruit rugosity in plum seedlings suggests a possible role of the breeding in viroid dissemination

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  Luigi, Marta; Faggioli, Francesco; Barba, Marina; Giunchedi, Luciano

• Infectious uncloned full-lenght cDNAs as a tool for the study of the etiology of fruit tree viral diseases

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  Youssef, Fater; Marais, Armelle; Faure, Chantal; Candresse, Thierry

• Expression of the coat protein genes of PNRSV and PDV in the synergistic disease peach stunt.

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  Kim, B. T.; Gibson, P. G.; Scott, S. W.

• Investigations on virus occurrence in different tissues throughout the year and sequence variability of Apple stem pitting virus

  S. 36

  Arntjen, Anja; Jelkmann, Wilhelm

• Close similarities between Cherry chlorotic rusty spot disease from Italy and Cherry leaf scorch from Spain

  S. 36

  Barone, M.; Covelli, L.; Di Serio, F.; Garcia Becedas, M. T.; Ragozzino, A.; Alioto, D.

• Widespread occurrence of Tomato ring spot virus in deciduous fruit trees in Iran

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  Moini, A. A.; Roumi, V.; Masoumi, M. M.; Izadpanah, K.

• Vertical transmission of Prunus necrotic ringspot virus: hitch-hiking from gametes to seedling.

  S. 37

  Amari, Khalid; Burgos, Lorenzo; Pallas, Vicente; Sanchez-Pina, M. Amelia

• Molecular characterization of a new Prunus-infecting Flexiviridae member

  S. 37

  Marais, Armelle; Faure, Chantal; Gentit, Pascal; Foissac, Xavier; Candresse, Thierry

• Virus diseases of stone fruit trees in Belarus

  S. 38

  Kukharchyk, Natalia; Semenas, Svetlana

• Detection, monitoring and characterization of LChV-1 isolates from southern italy

  S. 38

  Matic, S.; Minafra, A.; Sánchez-Navarro, J. A.; Pallás, V.; Myrta, A.; Martelli, G. P.

• The hairpin structure of the Plum pox virus coat protein gene in HoneySweet C5 plum is responsible for PPV resistance

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  Scorza, Ralph; Georgi, Laura; Callahan, Ann; Petri, Cesar; Hily, Jean-Michel; Dardick, Chris; Damsteegt, Vern; Ravelonandro, Michel

• Pathogen-derived technologies for improving Plum Pox Virus resistance of transgenic plum (Prunus domestica L.)

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  Mikhailov, Roman; Serova, Tatyana; Shulga, Olga; Firsov, Alexey; Dolgov, Sergey

• Transient expression as a method to evaluate effectiveness of SCFV fragments to interfere with plum pox virus infection

  S. 40

  Gil, M.; Esteban, O.; García, J. A.; Peña, L.; Cambra, M.

• The hypersensitivity resistance of European plum to Plum pox virus and its potential impact on the epidemiology of the virus

  S. 40

  Neumüller, Michael; Hartmann, Walter; Treutter, Dieter

• Symptomatic and real-time PCR scoring of Plum Pox Virus resistance in two apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) segregating populations

  S. 41

  Vera-Ruiz, Elsa María; Soriano, José Miguel; Martínez-Calvo, José; Llácer, Gerardo; Badenes, María Luisa; Romero, Carlos

• Natural deletion is not unique in the coat protein (CP) of recombinant Plum pox virus (PPV) isolates in Hungary

  S. 41

  Szathmáry, Erzsébet; Palkovics, László

• Tracking Plum pox virus in Chile throughout the year by three different methods and molecular characterization of Chilean isolates

  S. 42

  Fiore, Nicola; Araya, Carolina; Zamorano, Alan; González, Flor; Mora, Roxana; Sánchez-Navarro, Jesús; Pallás, Vicente; Rosales, Inés Marlene

• Serological and molecular screening of Plum pox virus in the F1 and F2 romanian apricot genotypes

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  Ion, Ligia; Hoza, Dorel; Isac, Maria; Preda, Silvia Ana; Topor, Elena; Neagu, Tudora; Moale, Cristina; Poenaru, Silvia; Nicolae, Constantin

• Identification of host genes potentially implicated in the Malus pumila and Candidatus Phytoplasma mali interactions

  S. 43

  Aldaghi, Majid; Massart, Sebastien; Bertaccini, Assunta; Jijakli, M. Haissam; Lepoivre, Philippe

• First insights into the Genomes of the rich equipped Acholeplasma species highlight the Genome Condensation of the related Phytoplasmas

  S. 43

  Migdoll, Alexander M.; Seemüller, Erich; Reinhardt, Richard; Kube, Michael

• In vitro screening of interspecific hybrids (Malus spp.) for resistance to apple proliferation

  S. 44

  Bisognin, Claudia; Ciccotti, Anna Maria; Salvadori, Antonella; Jarausch, Wolfgang; Grando, Stella

• Experimental transmission trials by Cacopsylla pyri, collected from pear decline infected orchards in Turkey

  S. 44

  Caglayan, Kadriye; Gazel, Mona; Ulubas Serce, Cigd; Can, Feza

• Strain differentiation of Candidatus Phytoplasma Mali by SSCP- and sequence analyses of the HFLB gene

  S. 45

  Schneider, Bernd; Seemueller, Erich; Jarausch, Wolfgang

• Molecular characterization of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali strains in outbreaks of apple proliferation in north eastern Italy, Hungary, and Serbia

  S. 45

  Paltrinieri, Samanta; Duduk, Bojan; Dal Molin, Federica; Mori, Nicola; Comerlati, Giovanni; Bertaccini, Assunta

• Analysis of the acquisition and multiplication efficiency of different strains of Ca. Phytoplasma mali by the vector Cacopsylla picta

  S. 45

  Jarausch, Barbara; Fuchs, Annette; Krczal, Gabi; Jarausch, Wolfgang

• Influence of apple stem grooving virus on Malus sieboldii-derived apple proliferation resistant rootstocks

  S. 46

  Liebenberg, Annerie; Wetzel, Thierry; Kappis, Alexander; Herdemertens, Michelle; Krczal, Gabriele; Jarausch, Wolfgang

• Breeding of rootstocks resistant to apple proliferation disease

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  Seemüller, Erich; Bisognin, Claudia; Grando, Stella; Schneider, Bernd; Velasco, Riccardo; Jarausch, Wolfgang

• Infection rates of natural psyllid populations with Candidatus 'Phytoplasma mali' in South Tyrol (northern Italy)

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  Baric, Sanja; Oettl, Sabine; Dalla Via, Josef

• Identification of host plants for Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum and of his vector Cacopsylla pruni in SPAIN

  S. 47

  Sabate, J.; Laviña, A.; Batlle, A.

• Comparison of European stone fruit yellows phytoplasma strains differing in virulence by multi-gene sequence analyses

  S. 47

  Marcone, Carmine; Schneider, Bernd; Seemüller, Erich

• Hypo and hyper-virulence in apricot trees infected by European stone fruit yellows

  S. 48

  Ermacora, Paolo; Loi, Nazia; Ferrini, Francesca; Loschi, Alberto; Martini, Marta; Osler, Ruggero; Carraro, Luigi

• First survey on blueberry viruses and phytoplasma in the Czech Republic

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  Spak, Josef; Kubelkova, Darina; Pribylova, Jaroslava; Spakova, Vlastimila; Petrzik, Karel

• Tomato ringspot nepovirus (ToRSV) in wild blackberry (Rubus fruticosus L.) in Hatay province of Turkey

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  Sertkaya, Gülsen

• Occurrence of small fruit viruses in Belarus

  S. 50

  Valasevich, Natallia; Kolbanova, Elena

• Detection of Blueberry red ringspot virus in highbush blueberry cv. Coville

  S. 50

  Mavric, Plesko Irena; Virscek, Marn Mojca; Koron, Darinka

• Comparison of Raspberry bushy dwarf virus isolates from Hungary and Slovenia

  S. 50

  Virscek, Marn Mojca; Mavric, Plesko Irena; Gorsek, Janja; Nyerges, Klára; Lázár, János; Tökés, Ágnes

• Virus survey in strawberry production fields in the United States and Canada

  S. 51

  Martin, Robert R.; Tzanetakis, Ioannis E.

• Infectious agents associated whit strawberry decline in Italy

  S. 51

  Ratti, Claudio; Terlizzi, Federica; Credi, Rino; Pisi, Annamaria; Babini, Anna Rosa; Vicchi, Valerio; Rubies, Autonell Concepcion

• Evaluation of the reliability of lateral flow immunochromatography strips for detection of Plum pox virus

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  Malinowski, Tadeusz

• Characterisation of mixed virus infections in Ribes species in Switzerland

  S. 52

  Besse, Sébastien; Gugerli, Paul; Ramel, Maria-Elena; Balmelli, Carole

• Transient expression of the coat protein of Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus inhibits the viral RNA accumulation in Nicotiana occidentalis

  S. 53

  Yaegashi, Hajime; Isogai, Masamichi; Yoshikawa, Nobuyuki

• Nucleotide analysis of pome fruit virus isolates detected in apple and pear samples from Italy and India

  S. 53

  Ferretti, L.; Hallan, V.; Ram, R.; Rana, T.; Dhir, S.; Negi, A.; Thockchom, T.; Zaidi, A. A.; Barba, M.

• Highly efficient method of inoculation of apple viruses to apple seedlings

  S. 53

  Yamagishi, Noriko; Sasaki, Shintarou; Yoshikawa, Nobuyuki

• Determination of the effects of APPLE stem grooving virus on some commertial apple cultivars

  S. 54

  Birisik, Nevzat; Baloglu, Saadettin

• Detection of pear vein yellows disease caused by Apple stem pitting foveavirus (ASPV) in Hatay province of Turkey

  S. 54

  Sertkaya, Gülsen

• Viruses of pome fruits in Bosnia and Herzegovina

  S. 55

  Lolić, B.; Matić, S.; Hassan, M.; Đurić, G.; Di Serio, F.; Myrta, A.

• Virus diseases of pomes fruit trees in Belarus

  S. 55

  Kukharchyk, Natalia; Kastrickaya, Manana

• First survey of pome fruit viruses in Morocco

  S. 56

  Afechtal, M.; Milano, R.; Djelouah, K.; D’Onghia, A. M.

• Detection and identification of apple stem pitting and apple stem grooving affecting apple and pear in Egypt

  S. 56

  Sahar, A. Y.; Moawed, S. M.; Shalaby, A. A.

• Current status of apple mosaic virus in Turkey

  S. 56

  Ertunc, Filiz; Sokmen, Miray A.; Sezer, Arzu; Canik, Digdem

• The evaluation of presence and the symptomology of viruses in commertial quince orchards in Turkey

  S. 57

  Birisik, Nevzat; Baloglu, Saadettin

• Incidence of ilarviruses in Latvian fruit orchards

  S. 57

  Pupola, Neda; Kale, Anna; Jundzis, Maris; Morocko-Bicevska, Inga

• Detection of a divergent variant of Plum bark necrosis and stem pitting associated virus (PBNSPaV) in Prunus domestica with peach red marbling disease symptoms

  S. 57

  Marais, Armelle; Faure, Chantal; Gentit, Pascal; Candresse, Thierry

• Occurrence of Little cherry virus-1 on Prunus ssp. in Baden-Württemberg

  S. 58

  Schroeder, Manfred; Petruschke, Michael

• Biological characterization of Apricot latent virus (ApLV)

  S. 58

  Grimová, Lenka; Rysánek, Pavel; Zouhar, Miloslav; Bazzoni, Alessandra; Minafra, Angelantonio; Palmisano, Francesco; Savino, Vito

• Transmission of Little cherry virus -1 (LChV1) by Cuscuta europea to herbaceous host plants

  S. 59

  Jelkmann, Wilhelm; Hergenhahn, Felix; Berwarth, Constanze

• First report of Little cherry virus 1 in cherry in Turkey

  S. 59

  Ulubas Serce, Cigdem; Gazel, Mona; Caglayan, Kadriye

• Susceptibility of a new range of apricot cultivars to apple mosaic ilarvirus

  S. 60

  Gentit, Pascal; Ramat, Charlotte

• Serological identification for some important viruses on stone fruits in Saudi Arabia

  S. 60

  Alhudaib, Khalid

• Occurrence of Prunus necrotic ringspot virus and Prune dwarf virus in sweet cherries in locality Veleherad (South Moravia, Velehrad)

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  Navrátil, Milan; Safarova, Dana

• First occurence of Cherry virus A (CVA) in Czech Republic

  S. 60

  Grimová, Lenka; Zouhar, Miloslav; Rysánek, Pavel; Drabesová, Jana

• Molecular characterization of the 3' part of the genome of divergent Cherry virus A isolates and development of a polyvalent CVA-specific PCR detection test

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  Svanella-Dumas, Laurence; Marais, Armelle; Candresse, Thierry

• Identification of ilarviruses in almond and cherry fruit trees using nested PCR assays

  S. 61

  Maliogka, Varvara I.; Charou, Anastasia; Efthimiou, Konstantinos; Katsiani, Asimina T.; Chatzivassiliou, Elisavet K.; Katis, Nikolaos I.

• Effects associated with graft-transmissible agents found in the peach variety 'Ta Tao 5'

  S. 61

  Gibson, Philip; Reighard, Gregory; Marini, Diana; Scott, Simon

• Surveying viruses on ornamental trees and shrubs in Hungarian botanical gardens

  S. 62

  Nemeth, Maria; Nyerges, Klara; Hangyal, Rozalia; Kosa, Geza

• Survey for PPV and PNRSV in nurseries and orchards in the northwest region of Iran

  S. 62

  Sokhandan Bashir, Nemat

• Assessment of the main stone fruits viruses and viroids in Algeria

  S. 62

  Meziani, S.; Rouag, N.; Milano, R.; Kheddam, M.; Djelouah, K.

• Investigations on the phytosanitary status of the main stone fruits nurseries and mother plants in Albania

  S. 63

  Musa, A.; Merkuri, J.; Milano, R.; Djelouah, K.

• Health status of the pome- and stone fruit planting material imported to Serbia

  S. 63

  Paunović, Svetlana; Jevremović, Darko

• Detection of systemic pathogens in tissue culture

  S. 63

  Liefting, Lia; Shiller, Jason; Harper, Scott; Ward, Lisa; Clover, Gerard

• The development of resistance to cucumber mosaic virus using intrabodies specific for the viral replicase

  S. 64

  Matic, Slavica; Burrone, Oscar; Thompson, Jeremy R.; Tepfer, Mark

• Investigation on rose mosaic disease of rose in Hatay-Turkey

  S. 64

  Sertkaya, Gülşen

• Towards generation of an infectious full- length cDNA clone of Apple stem pitting virus

  S. 65

  Arntjen, Anja; Jelkmann Wilhelm

• Molecular characterization and full length genome sequencing of citrus yellow mosaic virus associated with rangpurlime cultivar

  S. 65

  Singh, J.; Baranwal, V. K.

• Agro-ecological incidence of pepper veinal mottle virus, genus potyvirus, family Potyviridae, on cultivated pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) in Nigeria.

  S. 65

  Fajinmi, A. A.

• Assessment of molecular diversity in the polymerase gene of several Citrus tristeza virus isolates in northern and southern Iran

  S. 66

  Sadeghi, M. S.; Afsharifar, A. R.; Niazi, A.; Izadpanah, K.

• An international effort to study the diversity of Plum pox virus.

  S. 66

  Glasa, M.; Shar, C. O.

• Preliminary results on resistance to PPV-M in Prunus persica (L.) Batsch

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  Casati, Paola; Bassi, Daniele; Spadone, Paola; Bianco, Piero A.

• The inheritance of the hypersensitive resistance of European Plum (Prunus domestica L.) against the Plum pox virus

  S. 68

  Lichtenegger, Ludwig; Neumüller, Michael; Treutter, Dieter

• Reaction of PPV infected scions of European plum genotypes grafted onto rootstocks with hypersensitivity resistance to PPV

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  Mühlberger, Louisa; Neumüller, Michael; Treutter, Dieter

• The spatial distribution of Plum pox virus (PPV) in the leaves of European plum cultivars with different degrees of PPV resistance

  S. 69

  Paskaš, K.; Neumüller, M.; Treutter, M. D.

• The investigation of Plum-Pox-Virus infections in some peach and apricot cultivars and rootstock

  S. 69

  Trandafirescu, Marioara; Indreias, Alexandra

• Susceptibility of different prunus rootstocks to natural Plum pox virus (PPV-D) infection in Spain

  S. 69

  Vidal, E.; Moreno, A.; Bertolini, E.; Capote, N.; Gil, M.; Martínez, M. C.; Gorris, M. T.; Collado, C.; Cambra, M.

• Molecular characterization of some new Canadian isolates of Plum pox virus

  S. 70

  James, Delano; Varga, Aniko; Glasa, Miroslav; Thompson, Dan

• Evaluation of transgenic Prunus domestica L., clone C5 resistance to Plum pox virus

  S. 70

  Kumar Kundu, Jiban; Jarosova, Jana; Polak, Jaroslav

• Evaluation of different peach genotypes for resistance to PPV-M

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  Pasquini, Graziella; Ferretti, Luca; Gentili, Andrea; Verde, Ignazio; Micali, Sabrina; Barba, Marina

• In vivo thermotherapy and in vitro chemotherapy of plums, apricots and peaches artificially infected with PPV-D and PPV-M strains.

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  Hauptmanova, Alena; Polak, Jaroslav

• Distribution of Plum pox virus strain in natural sources in the Czech Republic.

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  Polak, Jaroslav; Kominek, Petr

• Biolistic transfection of plants by infectious cDNA clones of Plum pox virus

  S. 71

  Subr, Zdeno; Nagyova, Alzbeta; Glasa, Miroslav

• Typing and distribution of Plum pox virus isolates in Romania

  S. 72

  Zagrai, Ioan; Zagrai, Luminita; Kelemen, Beatrice; Petricele, Ioana; Pamfil, Doru; Popescu, Octavian; Preda, Silvia; Briciu, Alexandru

• Cloning and sequencing of a mild naturally induced PPV isolate

  S. 72

  Vassilakos, Nikon

• Preliminary studies on the use of the Cascade Rolling Circle Amplification technique for Plum pox virus detection

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  Hadersdorfer, Johannes; Neumüller, Michael; Fischer, Thilo; Treutter, Dieter

• Assessment of the genetic structure of Plum pox virus (PPV) in Serbia

  S. 73

  Jevremović, Darko; Paunović, Svetlana; Dallot, Sylvie

• Survey on plum pox virus in Norway

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  Blystad, Dag-Ragnar; Spetz, Carl; Haugslien, Sissel; Ørstad, Kari; Munthe, Tor; Knudsen, Randi

• Sampling and analysis of symptomless plants for Plum pox virus detection in nurseries

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  Vidal, E.; Bertolini, E.; Moreno, A.; Martínez, C.; Gorris, M. T.; Capote, N.; Gil, M.; Cambra, M.

• The presence of Peach latent mosaic viroid (PLMVd) in Greece

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  Boubourakas, I. N.; Faggioli, F.; Luigi, M.; Barba, M.; Fukuta, S.; Kyriakopoulou, P. E.

• Pospiviroidae viroids in naturally infected stone and pome fruits in Greece

  S. 75

  Kaponi, Maria S.; Faggioli, Francesco; Luigi, Marta; Barba, Marina; Kyriakopoulou, Panayota E.

• First report and molecular analysis of Apple scar skin viroid in sweet cherry

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  Kaponi, Maria S.; Faggioli, Francesco; Luigi, Marta; Barba, Marina; Kyriakopoulou, Panayota E.

• Detection by tissue printing hybridization of pome fruit viroids in the Mediterranean basin: incidence and biodiversity

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  Di Serio, F.; Afechtal, M.; Attard, D.; Choueiri, E.; Gumus, M.; Lolic, B.; Matic, S.; Navarro, B.; Myrta, A.

• Screening for fruit tree viroids in Lithuania

  S. 77

  Abraitiene, Asta; Abraitis, Rokas; Staniene, Grazina; Hammond, Rosemarie W.; Owens, Robert A.

• Molecular characterization of hellenic variants of Apple scar skin viroid and Pear blister canker viroid in pome fruit trees

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  Kaponi, Maria S.; Faggioli, Francesco; Luigi, Marta; Barba, Marina; Kyriakopoulou, Panayota E.

• Real-Time Reverse Transcription PCR assay for Peach latent mosaic viroid detection

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  Grimová, Lenka; Kochanová, Michaela; Rysánek, Pavel

• Identification of Peach latent mosaic viroid and hop stunt viroid in different peach cultivars showing dapple fruit, fruit yellow mosaic and cracked sutures symptoms

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  Luigi, Marta; Faggioli, Francesco; Barba, Marina; Giunchedi, Luciano

• Molecular identification of phytoplasmas associated with diseases of Prunus sp. at the Canadian Clonal Genbank

  S. 79

  Michelutti, Roberto; Wang, Liping; Arocha, Yaima; Lalonde, Josh

• Detection and distribution of European stone fruit yellows in apricot cv. Bergeron and epidemiological studies in the province of Trento (Italy)

  S. 79

  Poggi Pollini, Carlo; Forno, Flavia; Franchini, Sergio; Gobber, Marino; Lanzoni, Chiara; Mattedi, Luisa; Miorelli, Paolo; Profaizer, Davide; Ratti, Claudio

• Assessment of susceptibility to European stone fruit yellows phytoplasma of new plum variety and of five rootstock/plum variety combinations

  S. 79

  Landi, Fabio; Prandini, Andrea; Paltrinieri, Samanta; Missere, Daniele; Bertaccini, Assunta

• PCR/RFLP based method for molecular characterization of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum' strains using aceF gene

  S. 80

  Martini, Marta; Ferrini, Francesca; Danet, Jean-Luc; Ermacora, Paolo; Sertkaya, Gülşen; Delić, Duska; Loi, Nazia; Foissac, Xavier; Carraro, Luigi

• Establishment of a quantitative real-time PCR assay for the specific quantification of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum in plants and insects

  S. 80

  Jarausch, Wolfgang; Fuchs, Annette; Jarausch, Barbara

• Evaluation of the susceptibility of pear and plum-trees varieties and rootstocks to Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum by means of realtime PCR

  S. 81

  Torres, E.; Laviña, A.; Sabaté, J.; Bech, J.; Batlle; A.

• 16SrI-B Phytoplasma infections in plum and in sour cherry in Lithuania

  S. 81

  Valiunas, Deividas; Jomantiene, Rasa; Staniulis, Juozas; Davis, Robert E.

• Phytoplasma manipulates psyllid vector behaviour by altering host plant odour

  S. 82

  Gross, Jürgen; Mayer, Christoph J.

• Individuation of Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum type a and type b in Cacopsilla pruni individuals

  S. 82

  Ferretti, Luca; Gentili, Andrea; Poggi-Pollini, Carlo; Ermacora, Paolo; Pasquini, Graziella

• Detection and identification of phytoplasmas in pear trees in the Czech Republic

  S. 82

  Franova, Jana; Pribylova, Jaroslava; Cermakova, Helena; Sucha, Jana; Paprstein, Frantisek

• Seasonal variations of pear decline

  S. 83

  Gazel, Mona; Ulubas Serce, Cigdem; Kadriye, Caglayan; Ozturk, Harun

• Identification of phytoplasmas associated with apple trees showing shoots proliferation and leaves deformation

  S. 83

  Mirosława, Cieślińska

• Effect of pear decline for Turkish pear production

  S. 83

  Ulubas Serce, Cigdem; Gazel, Mona; Caglayan, Kadriye; Ozgen, Mustafa

• Differential host DNA methylation might be the cause of phytoplasma elimination upon the treatment with auxins

  S. 84

  Jezic, Marin; Leljak-Levanić, Dunja; Ludwig-Müller, Jutta; Mladinić, Marin; Katić, Marija; Ćurković Perica, Mirna

• Diagnostics of fruit tree phytoplasmas - Importance of latent infections

  S. 84

  Mehle, Natasa; Ambrozic Turk, Barbara; Brzin, Jernej; Nikolic, Petra; Dermastia, Marina; Boben, Jana; Ravnikar, Majal

• Current status of European stone fruit yellows phytoplasma in Bosnia and Herzegovina

  S. 85

  Delic, Duska; Mehle, Natasa; Lolic, Biljana; Ravnikar, Maja; Duric, Gordana

• Results of patch- grafting of tissue infected by 'Candidatus phytoplasma pyri' on pear and by 'Candidatus phytoplasma prunorum' on apricot

  S. 86

  Pastore, M.; Cardone, A.; Catucci, L.; Del Vaglio, M.; Gervasi, F.; Scognamiglio, G.; Bertaccini, A.

• Almond witches - broom phytoplasma (Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium) a real threatto almond, peach and nectarine

  S. 86

  Abou-Jawdah, Y.; Abou -Fakhr, Efat; Hana, Sobh; Molino Lova, Marina; Vercesi, Annamaria; Piero Attilio, Bianco

• Variation among Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus isolates affecting fruit tree cultivars and ornamental rosaceous hosts

  S. 87

  Sobolev, I.; Dombrovsky, A.; Candresse, T.; Svanella-Dumas, L.; Spiegel, S.

• Molecular detection of pear decline phytoplasma in pear trees and their biochemical responses

  S. 87

  Canik, Didem; Dikilitas, Murat; Ertunc, Filiz

• Evaluation of different detection methods of virus and phytoplasmas for a pear and apple certification program

  S. 87

  Laviña, A.; Sabaté, J.; Batlle, A.

• Application of recombinant antibodie fragments for supression of a viral disease caused by Tomato yellow leaf curl virus

  S. 88

  Safarnejad, Mohammad Reza