EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium'(PHYPPH)

Distribution details in Brazil

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2012: Absent, invalid record
Comments
A subgroup 16SrIX-A (‘Ca. Phytoplasma phoenicium’-related) was reported in periwinkle in Brazil (Barbosa et al., 2012).
References
* Barbosa JC, Eckstein B, Bergamin Filho A, Bedendo IP, Kitajima EW (2012) Molecular characterization of a phytoplasma of group 16SrIX related to ‘Ca. Phytoplasma phoenicium’ in periwinkle in Brazil. Tropical Plant Pathology 37, 130-135.
------- related strain.