X-disease (Western X) or buckskin | Cherry

HOST:Cherry

HOST (LATIN):Prunus avium

PATHOGEN:Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni

SYNONYM:Phytoplasma X-disease group

SOURCE:S. Thomson

Infected trees on 'Mazzard' rootstock (right) may live for years, producing fruit with symptoms. Trees on 'Mahaleb' rootstock (left) usually die rapidly in year of infection, about time of fruit ripening.