MITTEILUNGEN KLOSTERNEUBURG, cilt.66, sa.1, ss.4-8, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
Grapevine plants bearing symptoms of severe inward curling and redness on leaves were collected from the main viticultural areas in Aegean, Central Anatolia and Eastern Anatolia Regions of Turkey. Nucleic acid extraction was performed to all of the samples, followed by PCR and nested PCR and RFLP analysis for the identification of present phytoplasmas. The majority of the collected infected grapevine samples was infected with Grapevine yellows phytoplasmas, especially 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani', the causal agent of Bois Noir in grapevines. This phytoplasma, belonging to 16SrXII-A subgroup, was present in 49 samples. Symptoms of Bois noir were present in all of the regions surveyed.