EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium'(PHYPPH)

Distribution details in India

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Absent, invalid record
Comments
Goel et al. (2017) reports a ‘Ca. Phytoplasma phoenicium’-related strain infecting onion and garlic at Pune and Nasik region of Maharashtra, and Gorakhpur region of Uttar Pradesh.
References
* Goel S, Priya M, Thorat V, Yadav A, Rao GP (2017) Identification and characterization of 16SrIX and 16SrXI groups of phytoplasmas associated with leaf yellows and declining diseases of garlic and onion in India. Indian Phytopathology 70, 368-372.
------- related strain