EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni'(PHYPPN)

Distribution details in Argentina

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Absent, invalid record
First recorded in: 2020
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2021/027) : in symptomatic plum (Prunus domestica) and peach (Prunus persicae).

Considering the title of this paper, it was mistinterpreted. 'Ca. P. pruni' (16SrIII-A was not found), the paper reports the detection of phytoplasmas belonging to 16SrIII-B and other groups/subgroups.
References
* Bongiorno V, Alessio F, Curzel V, Nome C, Fernandez FD, Conci LR (2020) ‘Ca. Phytoplasma pruni’ and ‘Ca. Phytoplasma meliae’ are affecting plum in Argentina. Australasian Plant Disease Notes 15, 36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13314-020-00406-8