Bulletin of Insectology (2011) 64, S57-S58

Jelena Mitrovic, Samanta Paltrinieri, Nicoletta Contaldo, Assunta Bertaccini and Bojan Duduk (2011)
Occurrence of two `Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'-related phytoplasmas in poplar trees in Serbia
Bulletin of Insectology 64 (Suppl.), S57-S58
Second International Phytoplasmologist Working Group Meeting (IPWG), Neustadt an der Weinstraße (Germany) September 12-15, 2011
Abstract: During a survey carried out in Serbia in black poplar trees, typical symptoms of phytoplasma presence were observed such as yellowing and undersize of the leaves, witches' broom and decline. Survey for phytoplasma presence in Belgrade and in its surrounding allow to identify phytoplasmas belonging to `Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris' group, in particular to two 16SrI subgroups 16SrI-P and 16SrI-A. Blast search of obtained strain in subgroup 16SrI-P of the 16SrDNA sequence showed 100% homology with aster yellows phytoplasma strain from poplar from Croatia.
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Database assignments for author(s): Bojan Duduk, Nicoletta Contaldo, Assunta Bertaccini

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Phytoplasma asteris	Poplar/aspen (Populus)	Serbia