Open AccessFirst report of a phytoplasma associated with witches' broom symptoms in Waltheria indica in Brazil
Author(s) -
Alves M.S.,
Ribeiro G.M.,
Souza A.N.,
Carvalho C.M.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
new disease reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.184
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2044-0588
DOI - 10.5197/j.2044-0588.2017.035.028
Subject(s) - phytoplasma , biology , broom , genbank , nested polymerase chain reaction , amplicon , 16s ribosomal rna , restriction fragment length polymorphism , botany , phylogenetic tree , polymerase chain reaction , genetics , gene , ecology
Waltheria indica (Malvaceae) is a short-lived shrub, native to the neotropics but with a pantropical distribution, which is frequently used for medicinal purposes (Zongo et al ., 2013). In January 2016, W. indica plants located in a coastal …