Gazel, MonaHemmati, ChamranBhat, A.I.Rao, Govind Pratap2024-09-192024-09-192023978-032391897-8https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91897-8.00012-5https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/14483Medicinal plants and spice crops are used in traditional medicine and daily culinary as they are rich in many phytochemicals, that provide health benefits and taste to food dishes in Asian countries. Because of their increasing appliance in the pharmaceutical, culinary, and cosmetic industry, medicinal and spice crops are currently sharing an important role in the global economy. These crops are prone to several biotic and abiotic stresses of which the diseases associated with phytoplasma infections impaired the yield and productivity of the phytochemical contents of the affected plants. A limited compilation is available on phytoplasma diseases associated with medicinal and spice crops in Asian countries. In this chapter, up-to-date information on occurrence, symptomatology, molecular characterization, transmission, taxonomy, genetic diversity, and management approaches of phytoplasma disease of important medicinal and spice crop plants in Asian countries is discussed. © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessAsiacontrol strategiesMedicinal and aromatic plantsspice‘Candidatus’ sppBook Chapter23326310.1016/B978-0-323-91897-8.00012-52-s2.0-85160482871N/A