phytoplasma

Bacterial disease-causing agents without a cell wall and with similarities to viruses.They occur in the phloem, causing the yellowing of foliage, witches brooms and other growth abnormalities, and include the quarantine diseases ‘pear decline’ and ‘apple proliferation’.



This definition is abridged from A – Z of tree terms: A companion to British arboriculture.
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