Open AccessFirst report of a ‘ Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium‘‐related strain (16Sr IX) associated with Salix witches' broom in Iran
Author(s) -
Zamhari M. Ghayeb
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.2044-0588.2017.035.037
Subject(s) - phytoplasma , broom , biology , nested polymerase chain reaction , willow , botany , horticulture , veterinary medicine , polymerase chain reaction , restriction fragment length polymorphism , gene , genetics , ecology , medicine
In Iran Salix acmophylla, S. aegyptiaca, S. alba and S. babylonica are trees traditionally grown in urban areas. Over the last few years witches' broom symptoms (Fig. 1) were observed in 12 out of 20 trees of S. alba growing along the…