Abstract
AbstractA large‐scale survey was conducted on pistachio plants exhibiting foliar symptoms including scorch, little leaf, yellows and reddish in pistachio growing areas in the Qom, Yazd and Qazvin provinces of Iran. Total DNA was extracted from symptomatic and symptomless pistachio and used in nested PCR assays with phytoplasma universal primers. Nested PCR products were obtained for symptomatic plant samples while the symptomless plants yielded no PCR products. Virtual restriction fragment length polymorphism, phylogenetic and DNA homology analyses of partial 16S ribosomal sequences of phytoplasma strains associated with symptomatic plants revealed the presence of phytoplasmas referable to two ribosomal groups; in particular, “Candidatus Phytoplasma solani” and “Ca. P. phoenicium” were identified. The presence of these phytoplasmas in pistachio is of great phytosanitary significance due to its commercial interest.
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