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Interception of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’ in Brazil in apple tree propagative material imported from France

Citation
Eckstein et al. (2018). Arquivos do Instituto Biológico 84 (0)
Names
Ca. Phytoplasma solani
Abstract
ABSTRACT: Apple plants from France introduced in Brazil for research purposes were subjected to a phytosanitary analysis at the Plant Quarantine Laboratory of Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (Cenargen). After grafting onto healthy apple rootstock, some plants showed phytoplasma-infection symptoms. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests yielded DNA fragments of the expected size for phytoplasmas. DNA sequencing revealed an identity of the 16S rDNA nucleotide sequence of 98-99% with ‘Ca