"Candidatus Phytoplasma solani" is a phytopathogenic bacterial Phytoplasma species'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani', a novel taxon associated with stolbur- and bois noir-related diseases of plants. Quaglino F, Zhao Y, Casati P, Bulgari D, Bianco PA, Wei W and Davis RE, Int J Syst Evol Microbiol., August 2013, volume 63 (Pt 8), pages 2879-2894, of the 16SrXII group, the causal agent of the black wood of grapevine. The black wood of grapevine disease is classified as part of the grapevine yellows.
"Ca. Phytoplasma solani" is also associated with the tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa) yellows disease in ChinaIdentification of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’ Associated with Tree Peony Yellows Disease in China. Ying Gao, Ping-Ping Qiu, Wen-Hao Liu, Wen-Min Su, Shu-Peng Gai, Yuan-Cun Liang and Xiao-Ping Zhu, Journal of Phytopathology, March 2013, Volume 161, Issue 3, pages 197–200, and tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) leaf abnormality in Turkey.
See also List of grape diseases List of tobacco diseases Flavescence dorée, another vine disease due to a Phytoplasma species
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