1Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Biology, Department of Plant Physiology, Poznan, Poland
2Institute of Plant Protection - NRI, Virology and Bacteriology Department, Poznan, Poland
3University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Department of Plant Protection, Wroclaw, Poland
4Institute of Plant Protection - NRI, Research Centre for Registration of Agrochemicals, Poznan, Poland
*Corresponding author e-mail: Agnieszka Zwolinska (email: agnzwo2@amu.edu.pl)
Online published on 23 May, 2023.
Plant diseases associated with phytoplasmas are of growing concern for their rapid spread and potential devastating impact on cultivated plants. Early warnings of pathogens and pests outbreaks demand frequent monitoring of the crops and the whole agricultural ecosystem. Leafhoppers and planthoppers collected from wheat and maize orchards were tested for phytoplasma presence. The most abundant leaf hoppers were Zyginidia scutellaris and Psammotettix alienus. In these two species phytoplasmas of subgroups 16SrI-C and 16SrI-B were detected. In the less abundant Laodelphax striatellus insects, the 16SrI-C strain was identified. The 3.4% of the tested insects resulted positive for phytoplasma presence.
Leafhoppers, Planthoppers, Phytoplasma detection, 16SrI-C, 16SrI-B
