The 1179-bp nucleotide sequences had 100%identity among
the sequences from the four varieties (JX290545, JX290546,
JX290547 and JX290548) and 99 % nucleotide sequence
identity with 16S rRNA gene sequences of 16SrI (‘Candidatus
phytoplasma asteris’) phytoplasmas infecting the graminae
family including rice orange leaf phytoplasma from the