Detection and molecular characterisation of a group 16SrIX phytoplasma infecting citrus (Citrus sinensis and C. limon), coffee (Coffea arabica), periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus), and tabebuia (Tabebuia heterophylla) in Puerto Rico

Jorge Caicedo1, Lydia I. Rivera-Vargas1, Alejandro E. Segarra2, Robert E. Davis3
1Department of Crops and Agro-Environmental Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, Plant Pathology Laboratory, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
2Department of Crops and Agro-Environmental Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, Luis F. Martorell Insectarium, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
3USDA–ARS, Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Beltsville, USA

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