“…Also for this disease, five ribosomal groups were reported: 16SrI (Japan, Bangladesh, and India), 16SrII (Oman and India), 16SrVI (Turkey and India), 16SrIX (Iran) and 16SrXII (Russia and Turkey) (Okuda et al, 1997; Sertkaya et al, 2007; Kelly et al, 2009; Al-Subhi et al, 2011, 2018; Ember et al, 2011; Tohidi et al, 2015; Usta et al, 2015). Similarly phytoplasma infections in chili associated with little leaf, witches’ broom and “brote grande” were reported associated with 16SrVI (India and America) and 16SrII (Egypt) (El-Banna et al, 2007; Randall et al, 2010; Rao et al, 2017a).…”