Detection of “Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum” in tomato on Norfolk Island, Australia

Abstract

In June 2103, “Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum” (CLso) (haplotype A) was detected in tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicon) with yellowing symptoms growing on Norfolk Island, non-self-governing external Australian Territory in the western Pacific Ocean. This appears to be only the second record, after New Zealand, of CLso haplotype A outside North America.