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Identification of a novel subgroup 16SrII-U phytoplasma associated with papaya little leaf disease.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Sept 2016
Yang Yi, Jiang Lei, Che Haiyan, Cao Xueren, Luo Daquan
Abstract excerpt
Papaya is an important fruit crop cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions. Papaya little leaf (PLL) disease was observed in China. The phytoplasma 16S rRNA gene was detected from symptomatic papaya trees via PCR using phytoplasma universal primers P1/P7 followed by R16F2n/R16R2. No amplification products were obtained from templates of asymptomatic papaya trees. These results indicated a direct association...
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