Aster yellows | Wheat

HOST:Wheat

HOST (LATIN):Triticum aestivum

PATHOGEN:Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris

SYNONYM:Phytoplasma Aster yellows group

SOURCE:L. N. Chiykowski

Healthy head (left) and diseased head (right). Diseased seedlings may die within 2 to 3 weeks. Infected heads of surviving plants are small and sterile, with distorted awns.