EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia'(PHYPAF)

Distribution details in Ecuador

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2015: Absent, invalid record
Comments
Misinterpreted by the EPPO Secretariat as 'Ca. P. aurantifolia', but clearly a distinct phytoplasma (belonging to another subgroup of 16SrII).
References
* Caicedo J, Crizón M, Pozo A, Cevallos A, Simbaña L, Rivera L, Arahana V (2015) First report of' Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia' (16SrII) associated with potato purple top in San Gabriel-Carchi, Ecuador. New Disease Reports 32, 20. https://doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2015.032.020