A Discriminative PCR Assay Enabling Differentiation of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’ Subgroups 16SrXII-A and -P
Phytoplasmosis associated with the ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’ subgroups 16SrXII-A and 16SrXII-P (Mollicutes) poses a threat to European sugar beet cultivation, alongside the “basses richesses” syndrome caused by ‘Ca. Arsenophonus phytopathogenicus’ (Gammaproteobacteria). Both subgroups co-occur in sugar beet and h...