This article provides an up-to-date review of disease-causing viruses and phytoplasmas currants including symptoms, transmission, detection, economic impact, control measures. Currants are widely cultivated in more than 30 countries the temperate zones Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, New Zealand. Ribes spp. can be infected by 20 virus species four Candidatus Phytoplasma species, with to...

Alaska’s domesticated and native Ribes and Rubus genera have virtually gone unchecked for pathogen detections. Cultivated Ribes species are predominantly found in home gardens and landscape areas along highways and in cities. In 2008, while surveying native plants for diseases in North Central Alaska near the town of North Pole, mottled leaves were readily visible on wild raspberries (Rubus str...

when she realized the startling effects of ingesting a small cake on which the words ‘Eat me’ were beautifully marked in currants [1]. The world of apoptosis research is every bit as wonderful and full of surprises as the Wonderland that Alice discovered. Dying cells display enticing ‘eat me’ signals and a collection of colorful molecular characters to ensure their digestion. Now, in Journal of...

The fungal pathogen Cronartium ribicola J.C. Fischer, causal agent of white pine blister rust (WPBR), was introduced to the eastern United States about 1898 (11). Hosts for the fungus include fiveneedle pines (Pinus sp. section Quinquefoliae) and currants and gooseberries (Ribes sp.). Natural infection of wild populations of Pedicularis bracteosa Benth and Castilleja Mutis ex L.f. have also bee...