Çaglayan, KadriyeGazel, MonaAcioglu, MehtapKocabag, Hamide DenizSipahioglu, Hikmet Murat2024-09-192024-09-1920192249-4669https://doi.org/10.5958/2249-4677.2019.00002.1https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/14187Leaves, flowers and shoots of ornamental pomegranates showing yellowing and leaf deformation were collected from symptomatic and non-symptomatic plants between 2015 and 2017 from Hatay, Sanliurfa and Gebze provinces of Turkey. Among the 20 tested pomegranate samples, 10 were positive for phytoplasmas using 16R758f/16R1232r and U5/U3 primers amplifying 16S ribosomal RNA gene. The sequences of 8 strains shared the closest nucleotide identity (99%) with phytoplasmas in group 16SrIX and the remaining 2 strains had 98% identity with the ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’ (subgroup 16SrXII-A). The present study represents the first evidence of phytoplasma association with yellowing symptoms in ornamental pomegranates in Turkey. © 2019, Technology Society of Basic and Applied Sciences. All rights reserved.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess16SrIX-C16SrXII-AOrnamental pomegranatePCRPhytoplasmaSequencingTurkeyArticle913410.5958/2249-4677.2019.00002.12-s2.0-85078854219Q4