Plant Pathology (2007) 56, p. 345 (Arocha et al.)

Y. Arocha, B. Piñol, B. Picornell, R. Almeida and P. Jones (2007)
Broad bean and sweet pepper: two new hosts associated with Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris (16SrI phytoplasma group) in Cuba
Plant Pathology 56 (2), 345-345
Abstract: During a survey in 2005, 12% of broad bean plants from a farm in Cuba showed symptoms of leaf yellowing, short internodes and stunting. Similar symptoms but here also with little leaf were observed on around 15% of sweet pepper plants growing in another farm. Leaf samples from 56 plants with symptoms and 21 without (broad bean), and from 73 with and 32 without (sweet pepper), were collected at random from the fields. DNA was extracted and subjected to PCR analysis including sequecing. The highest sequence similarity (97% broadbean; 99% sweet pepper) was obtained with that of watercress yellows phytoplasma, an isolate of Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris.
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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.
	Phytoplasma asteris	Green pepper/chilli (Capsicum)	Cuba
	Phytoplasma asteris	Broad/faba bean (Vicia faba)	Cuba