Cota tinctoria and Orosius albicinctus: A new plant host and potential insect vector of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma trifolii’

Samples of Cota tinctoria with phytoplasma symptoms including witches’ broom, stunting, twisting of the shoots and little leaf were observed in Bandar Abbas, Iran, in 2017. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the phytoplasma associated with Cota tinctoria witches’ broom (CtWB) is a strain of ‘ Candi...

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Published inAustralasian plant disease notes Vol. 13; no. 1
Main Authors Hemmati, Chamran, Nikooei, Mehrnoosh, Pasalari, Hossein
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2018
Subjects
Agriculture
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Ecology
Entomology
Life Sciences
Plant Pathology
Plant Sciences
Potential vector
Witches’ broom
Golden marguerite
Phytoplasma
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Summary:Samples of Cota tinctoria with phytoplasma symptoms including witches’ broom, stunting, twisting of the shoots and little leaf were observed in Bandar Abbas, Iran, in 2017. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the phytoplasma associated with Cota tinctoria witches’ broom (CtWB) is a strain of ‘ Candidatus Phytoplasma trifolii’. Furthermore, the phytoplasma was successfully detected in the leafhopper, Orosius albicinctus collected from the symptom-bearing plants. This work therefore reports a new phytoplasma-associated disease on Cota tinctoria and its putative insect vector.
ISSN:1833-928X
1833-928X
DOI:10.1007/s13314-018-0298-1