Plant disease virus called "Aster Yellows".

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"Aster Yellows" disease on Echinacea (purple coneflower). Aster yellows is a viral-like disease caused by a phytoplasma (formerly called a mycoplasma-like organism). Insects that suck the sap of plants, especially the aster leafhopper, vector the disease.

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Keywords: aster, chlorosis, coneflower, disease, distorted, fascifrons, flowers, infection, macrosteles, mutation, mycoplasma, phytoplasma, plant, virus, yellow, yellows