Phytopathogenic Mollicutes

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

High genetic diversity of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’ infecting pepper in Serbia

  • Author:
  • Jelena Jovic1,, Ivo Toševski1,2, Oliver Krstic1, Miljana Jakovljevic1, Andrea Kosovac1, Tatjana Cvrkovic1, Milana Mitrovic1
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 37 to 38

1Department of Plant Pests, Institute of Plant Protection and Environment, Zemun, Serbia

2CABI, Delémont, Switzerland

*Corresponding author e-mail: Jelena Jovic (jovic_biolab@yahoo.com; jelena.jovic@izbis.bg.ac.rs)

Online published on 25 July, 2019.

Abstract

Surveys for the presence of symptoms typical for the “stolbur” disease were conducted during 2015 and 2016 in pepper growing areas of Serbia. ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’ detection was performed by Stol11 primer amplification. Characterisation was done by multi-locus typing (MLST) of tuf, secY, vmp1 and stamp genes. The disease was observed in pepper in all the surveyed locations except in south Serbia, whith a low incidence (3–5%). Overall, 13 MLST genotypes were distinguished, and the most common were Rqg31/Rqg50, Rpm35/M5 and STOL.

Keywords

Capsicum annuum, distribution, multi-locus (MLST) genotypes, “stolbur” phytoplasma