Detection, Identification and Molecular Characterization of the 16SrII-V Subgroup Phytoplasma Strain Associated with Pisum sativum and Parthenium hysterophorus L

• Published in: Plants (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 4; p. 891
• Main Authors: Chiu, Yi-Ching, Liao, Pei-Qing, Mejia, Helen Mae, Lee, Ya-Chien, Chen, Yuh-Kun, Yang, Jun-Yi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 16.02.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Agricultural production; brooms; Crop diseases; Disease control; Infections; Leaves; Legumes; Morphology; Parthenium hysterophorus; Parthenium hysterophorus L; peanuts; Peas; Phyllody; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Phytoplasma; phytoplasmal diseases; Pisum sativum; Plant bacterial diseases; Plant diseases; Plant species; Seeds; Signs and symptoms; Subgroups; Taiwan; transmission electron microscopes; virescence; Weeds; Witches' broom; Asia; Africa; Taiwan; phyllody; phytoplasma; witches’ broom; Pisum sativum; virescence; Parthenium hysterophorus L

Two unrelated plant species, green pea and parthenium weed, harboring typical phytoplasma symptoms, were discovered in Yunlin, Taiwan. Green pea (Pisum sativum.) and parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) are both herbaceous annual plants belonging to the Fabaceae and Asteraceae families, res...