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‘Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia’-related strain associated with tomato yellows disease in China

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A new disease of tomato plants with typical phytoplasma disease symptoms such as stunting, yellows, auxiliary shoot proliferation and phyllody was observed in Yunnan Province, southwest China in 2011. By a nested-PCR, phytoplasma were detected using the phytoplasma universal primers specific for 16S rDNA. The results of the 16S rDNA sequencing, computer-simulated RFLP patterns and phylogenetic analysis indicated that the phytoplasma associated with the diseased tomato plants belongs to subgroup A of the peanut witches’-broom group. This is the first report of a 16SrII-A phytoplasma associated with a new tomato disease in China. This new disease was named tomato yellows.

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This work was supported by grants from the Provincial Innovation Group Foundation of Yunnan (2011CI134), and Yunnan Provincial Projects for Candidates of Young and Middle-Aged Academic and Technical Leaders (2008PY050).

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  1. Yunnan Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Biotechnology and Genetic Germplasm Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, 650223, China

    J. H. Dong, L. Zhang, W. H. Li & Z. K. Zhang

  2. Plant Pathology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, 99775, USA

    J. H. McBeath

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Dong, J.H., Zhang, L., Li, W.H. et al. ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia’-related strain associated with tomato yellows disease in China. J Gen Plant Pathol 79, 366–369 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-013-0463-5

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