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First report of phytoplasma detection on sand olive, cowpea and alfalfa in Iraq
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Plant Protection Department, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Baghdad, Iraq
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Parks and Afforestation Directorate, Mayoralty of Baghdad, Al-Adhamiyah, Baghdad, Iraq
A - Research concept and design; B - Collection and/or assembly of data; C - Data analysis and interpretation; D - Writing the article; E - Critical revision of the article; F - Final approval of article
Submission date: 2019-02-18
Acceptance date: 2019-08-30
Online publication date: 2019-10-02
Corresponding author
Nawres Al-Kuwaiti
Plant Protection Department, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Baghdad, Iraq
Plant Protection Department, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Baghdad, Iraq
Journal of Plant Protection Research 2019;59(3):428-431
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ABSTRACT
The association of phytoplasma was investigated in sand olive [Dodonaea viscosa ssp. Angustifolia
(L. f.) J.G. West], cowpea [Vigna unguiclata (L.)] Wap and alfalfa (Medicago sativa
L.) plants exhibiting witches broom, fasciation and little leaf symptoms, respectively. Sequence
analysis of ~1.7 kb DNA fragments amplified by P1/P7 primer set confirmed the
association of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia’ within symptomatic alfalfa, while ‘Ca.
Phytoplasma cynodontis’ was associated within cowpea and sand olive.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors have declared that no conflict of interests exist.
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