With irregular shaped edges,mosaic,leaf tip necrosis and multiple axillary shoots with smaller leaves. Tranisstion electon microscopy showed phytoplasma im phloem cells of the symptomatic plant. Phytoplasma presence was confirment by polymerase chain reaction using phytoplasma-specific,universal and group specific primer pairs. Restriction fragment length polymorphism annalysis of 16s rDNA enabled classification of the detected phytoplasma into the aster yellows sub group i-c.