1Plant Protection Research Department, Yazd Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Centre, Yazd, Iran
2Plant Protection Research Department, Kerman Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Centre, Kerman, Iran
3Plant Protection Research Department, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Agricultural and Natural Resources Research andEducation Centre, Shahrekord, Iran
4Plant Protection Research Department, Fars Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Centre, Shiraz, Iran
5Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Italy
*Corresponding author e-mail: Seyyed Alireza Esmaeilzadeh-Hosseini (phytoplasma.iran@gmail.com)
Online published on 23 May, 2023.
So far, phytoplasmas enclosed in ribosomal groups and associated with phyllody, virescence, proliferation and sterility of flower, yellowing, little leaf, dwarfing, decline and witches’ broom symptoms were identified in Iran. These groups are 16SrI, 16SrII, 16SrIII, 16SrVI, 16SrVII, 16SrIX, 16SrX, 16SrXI, 16SrXII, 16SrXIV, 16SXXIX and 16SrXXX. The most widespread phytoplasmas belong to 16SrI, 16SrII, 16SrVI, 16SrIX and 16SrXII groups, whilst the 16SrII phytoplasma group is the one with most numerous associated diseases. The most economically and environmentally spread phytoplasma ribosomal subgroups in Iran are reviewed.
Phytoplasma diseases, Ribosomal groups, Economic damage
