Open AccessPhytoplasma testing in sweet pepper in Moldova
Author(s) -
Irina Zamorzaeva,
Aighiuni Bahşiev
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.53040/gppb7.2021.29
Subject(s) - pepper , phytoplasma , solanaceae , biology , horticulture , polymerase chain reaction , gene , restriction fragment length polymorphism , genetics
Phytoplasma infects a wide variety of crops, causing considerable economic losses. About half of the vegetable crops damaged by phytoplasma belong to the Solanaceae family including tomato, eggplant and pepper which play an important role in the agriculture economics of Moldova. Our previous research confirmed the presence of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’ (16SrXII-A subgroup) in tomatoes and also identified insect vectors. In this communication, we present for the first time in Moldova the results of molecular diagnosis of association of ‘Ca. P. solani’ in 4% of the analyzed sweet pepper samples. ‘Ca. P. asteris’ group was absent in the pepper field.