Detection and Identification of a 16SrII Group Phytoplasma Causing Clover Little Leaf Disease in Iran. Issue 4 (6th December 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hosseini, Somayeh; Bahar, Masoud; Zirak, Leila
• Is Part Of: Journal of phytopathology. Volume 161:Issue 4(2013:Apr.)
• Page Start: 295
• Page End: 297
• Publication Date: 2012-12-06
• Subjects: Plant diseases -- Periodicals; 632
• DOI: 10.1111/jph.12057
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0931-1785

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="jph12057-abs-0001"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>White clover plants showing little leaf and leaf reddening symptoms were observed in Isfahan Province in central Iran. Restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses of nested PCR‐amplified fragments from Iranian clover little leaf phytoplasma isolates and representative phytoplasmas from other phytoplasma groups using <italic>Alu</italic>I, <italic> Cfo</italic>I, <italic> Kpn</italic>I and <italic>Rsa</italic>I restriction enzymes indicated that the clover phytoplasma isolates are related to the peanut WB group. Sequence analyses of partial 16S rRNA fragments showed that Iranian clover little leaf phytoplasma has 99% similarity with soybean witches'‐broom phytoplasma, a member of the peanut WB (16SrII) phytoplasma group. This is the first report of clover infection with a phytoplasma related to the 16SrII group.</p> </abstract>