%0 Journal Article %A Nikooei, Mehrnoosh %A Hemmati, Chamran %T Molecular characterization of a 16SrIX phytoplasma associated with Convolvulus glomeratus witches' broom and with an insect vector in Iran %J Journal of Crop Protection %V 7 %N 4 %U http://jcp.modares.ac.ir/article-3-21282-en.html %R %D 2018 %K 16SrIX, Convolvulus glomeratus, Orosius albicinctus, Bandar Abbas, witches' broom, %X During a survey in 2016, Convolvulus glomeratus showing symptoms resembling those caused by phytoplasmas were observed in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan province, Iran. These plants were examined for phytoplasma presence by nested-PCR assays using universal primer pair P1/P7 followed by R16F2n/R16R2. All the infected plants indicated positive results using universal primer pairs of P1/P7 followed by R16F2n/R16R2. Results of phylogenetic and virtual RFLP analyses of the 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the phytoplasma associated with Convolvulus glomeratus witches' broom (CgWB) was a strain of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium'. The phytoplasma was successfully transmitted to healthy plants by leafhopper, Orosius albicinctus (Distant) which account as a vector of this phytoplasma. This is the first report on the presence of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium’ (phytoplasma group 16SrIX-J) in C. glomeratus and its insect vector in Iran. %> http://jcp.modares.ac.ir/article-3-21282-en.pdf %P 387-393 %& 387 %! Molecular characterization of a 16SrIX phytoplasma %9 Brief Communication %L A-10-40129-1 %+ Plant Protection Research Group, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran. %G eng %@ 2251-9041 %[ 2018