16SrII-D group Martynia annua (Martyniaceae) is a small, herbaceous annual plant distributed across India. It is used for the treatment of epilepsy, tuberculosis, sore throats and wounds (Kaushik et al., 2021). In August 2021, symptoms of witches' broom and little leaf were observed in M. annua in the Anantapur forest area, Andhra Pradesh. India. Leaves were collected from two diseased and two symptomless plants (Figures 1 and 2). Total DNA was extracted from 100 mg of leaf F I G U R E 1 Martynia annua plant showing witches' broom and little leaf symptoms This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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