Phytopathogenic Mollicutes
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 1

Molecular identification of phytoplasmas in Russian vineyards

1Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

2Federal State Budget Scientific Institution “North Caucasian Federal Scientific Center of Horticulture, Viticulture, Winemaking”, Krasnodar, Russia

*Corresponding author e-mail: Svetlana Vinogradova (svetlana.vinogradova@biengi.ac.ru)

Online published on 25 July, 2019.

Abstract

Phytosanitary surveys of vineyards in the Krasnodar region were carried out for phytoplasma detection. Symptomatic samples were tested by nested PCR. According to the restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis the identified phytoplasma belongs to the “stolbur” subgroup 16SrXII-A.

Keywords

Phytoplasma, molecular detection, grapevine, Russian vineyards, Vitis vinifera