Çağlayan, KadriyeGaze, MonaKocabağ, Hamide DenizSipahioglu, Hikmet Murat2021-08-262021-08-262019Çaglayan, K., Gazel, M., Acioglu, M., Kocabag, H. D., & Sipahioglu, H. M. (2019). Molecular identification of phytoplasmas in ornamental pomegranates in Turkey. Phytopathogenic Mollicutes, 9(1), 3-4.249-46692249-4677https://doi.org/10.5958/2249-4677.2019.00002.1https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12899/366Abstract Author keywords SciVal Topics Metrics Funding details Abstract Leaves, flowers and shoots of ornamental pomegranates showing yellowing and leaf deformation were collected from symptomatic and non-symptomatic plants between 2015 and 2017 from Hatay, Sanliurfa and Gebze provinces of Turkey. Among the 20 tested pomegranate samples, 10 were positive for phytoplasmas using 16R758f/16R1232r and U5/U3 primers amplifying 16S ribosomal RNA gene. The sequences of 8 strains shared the closest nucleotide identity (99%) with phytoplasmas in group 16SrIX and the remaining 2 strains had 98% identity with the ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’ (subgroup 16SrXII-A). The present study represents the first evidence of phytoplasma association with yellowing symptoms in ornamental pomegranates in Turkey. © 2019, Technology Society of Basic and Applied Sciences.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessOrnamental pomegranatePhytoplasma16SrIX-C16SrXII-APCRSequencingTurkeyArticle10.5958/2249-4677.2019.00002.191342-s2.0-85078854219Q4