Fluorescence microscopy and PCR as well as graft transmissioti experitnenls were employed to examine the persistetice of the European stone fruit phytoplasma in the stem of various Prunus taxa during the dortnant season. Both approaches revealed that the phytoplasma pathogen persists in the aerial parts of the trees in all stone fruit taxa examined.
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