Bulletin of Insectology (2007) 60, 149-150

K. Çaglayan, M. Gazel, Serçe Ç. Ulubas, S. Soylu and S. Yalçin (2007)
Is a phytoplasma responsible for fig mosaic disease?
Bulletin of Insectology 60 (2), 149-150
First International Phytoplasmologist Working Group Meeting (IPWG), Bologna (Italy) November 12-15, 2007
Abstract: The fig mosaic disease (FMD) is a wide-spread disease in fig growing countries. This disease can be transmitted by vegetative propagation material and eriophyd mite, Aceria ficus Cotte. Because of the unknown etiology of this disease the possible role of phytoplasmas were studied in this work. Both EM and PCR methods were used. According to PCR analysis, one fig sample found infected by phytoplasma when universal P1/P7 and R16F2/R2 primers were used. This test was repeated and the same result was observed. EM works also showed that two samples one of which was cv. Yediveren and other one was experimentally infected seedling, included phytoplasma like bodies. This is the first record for phytoplasma infection of fig trees for our knowledge but it is still uncertain if it was an accidental companion or real agent of the disorder.
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Database assignments for author(s): Kadriye Caglayan, Soner Soylu, Mona Gazel

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Aceria ficus	Ficus (crop)	Turkey
	Emaravirus fici	Ficus (crop)	Turkey