Phytopathogenic mollicutes
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2025
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue: 1

First report of a psyllid vector of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni’ (strain 16SrIII-J)

  • Author:
  • Tomás Llantén, Sebastian Cabrera, Javiera Fuentes, Camila Gamboa, Constanza Gánzalez, Alan Zamorano, Nicola Fiore*
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Published Online: Mar 5, 2025
  • Page Number: 49 to 50

Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Agronomicas, Departamento de Sanidad Vegetal, La Pintana, Santiago, Chile

*Corresponding author e-mail: Nicola Fiore (nfiore@uchile.cl)

Online published on 5 March, 2025.

Abstract

Mallow psyllid (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) individuals have been captured on Malva sp. plants infected with ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni’ (strain 16SrIII-J), in pear orchards in Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins region, Chile. The mallow psyllid transmitted ‘Ca. P. pruni’ to periwinkle plants, being this the first report of 16SrIII-J transmission by a psyllid. COI and mitochondrial genome sequences indicate that mallow psyllid individuals captured in the pear orchards would belong to a new genus.

Keywords

Mallow psyllid, Pear orchards, Russelliana sp., Transmission trials