Potato (Solanum tuberosum) samples were received from commercial potato growers between January 2009 and
January 2010. A single symptomatic Jerusalem cherry (Solanum pseudocapsicum) sample was collected from the
edge of a native bush remnant in February 2009.
This bush remnant was adjacent to a potato paddock with plants that had tested positive for phytoplasma. Symptomatic swan plant (Gomphocarpus fruticosa) and celery (Apium graveolens) were received from the same home garden in May
2009 and March 2010, respectively.
Symptomatic boysenberry (Rubus hybrid) samples were received from a commercial grower in July and August 2010. The geographic origins of each of the samples are shown in Table 1.
Adults of Zeoliarus spp. were collected from within and around potato paddocks during January 2010.