Abstract
Samples of Suaeda aegyptiaca with phytoplasma symptoms such as witches’ broom, yellowing and little leaf were observed in Hormozgan Province, Iran in 2016. Using PCR assays, the symptomatic plants tested positive for phytoplasma. Results of phylogenetic analyses of the 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the phytoplasma associated with Suaeda aegyptiaca witches’ broom (SaWT) is a strain of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma trifolii’. In addition, the phytoplasma was successfully detected in a leafhopper, Neoaliturus pulcher collected from the symptomatic plant by amplifying its 16S rRNA, which may indicate that this is a potential vector of this phytoplasma. This is the first report on the presence of a ‘Ca. Phytoplasma trifolii’-related strain associated with S. aegyptiaca and the possible vector in Iran.
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