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Abstract

Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a very economically important perennial tuberous crop in Saudi Arabia. Potato plants displaying symptoms associated with potato purple top disease, such as aerial tubers and purple and small leaves, were observed in Al-Bukairiyah, Fowlq and Buraydah, Al-Tarafiyah, Qassim governorate, Saudi Arabia. In this study, we examined samples taken from 12 symptomatic potato plants and confirmed the presence of phytoplasma DNA. Analysis of the 16S rRNA-encoding sequences revealed that the symptomatic plants were infected with phytoplasma belonging to the peanut witches’-broom group (16SrII). Sequencing of the 16S rRNA- encoding gene, computer-simulated RFLP analysis and phylogenetic analysis revealed the presence of a novel representative of the 16SrII-X subgroup. The present study identified potato plants as a novel host for novel phytoplasma strains belonging to the pigeon pea witches’-broom group in Saudi Arabia.

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