Abstract
Tamarind is an economically important tree species; its fruit pulp is widely used in kitchen in India. A symptomatic tamarind tree with yellow leaf symptoms found in the western part of India was assayed for phytoplasma presence. The 16S rDNA sequence of the detected phytoplasma (TM01) was found clustering with sequences in the elm yellows (16SrV) phytoplasma group. The virtual RFLP analysis of obtained 16S rDNA sequence TM01 revealed that it could be tentatively classified into a novel phytoplasma subgroup, 16SrV-L since its AluI, HaeIII and MseI restriction profiles of R16F2n/R16R2 sequenced amplicons generated were unique as compared to the earlier reported profiles of this phytoplasma subgroup. This is the first phytoplasma report in Tamarindus indica.
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