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Tue, Apr 15, 08 at 13:58
| Is anyone else seeing Witches Broom in their Hackberry Trees? |
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| Give latin name. Is it a true broom? |
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| I don't think there is a Latin name beyond Candidatus spp.. It's a phytoplasma caused growth aberration that is many axilary breaks from a single growth/leaf axil. Witches Broom is fairly common in plant pathology literature, most often as a symptom of phytoplasmas (that used to be called MLOs, Micoplasma Like Organisms. Asters Yellows is a common one.) The link below is a good intro to what some of the phytoplasma caused symptoms look like. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Good intro to phytoplasmas
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- Posted by tngreenthumb z6 TN (My Page) on Wed, Apr 16, 08 at 9:56
| I haven't seen any recently, but I did run into that down home a few years ago. For those that aren't familiar, here are some pics.
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| Here's an article that gives more information about these for anyone interested. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Witches' Brooms in Celtis (a.k.a. Hackberry)
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| BTW what is the easiest way to differentiate the Northern and Southern (Sugarberry) species? Smoother trunk? Smaller leaves? From what I have gathered, there seems to be both in the valley. If I am correct in my identification, Sugarberry is slightly more common that Northern. |
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