“…In addition, these symptoms have been reported to be caused by other groups and subgroups of phytoplasma on C. argentea, that is group 16SrI in Lithuania (Samuitiene & Navalinskiene, 2006) and Iran (Aldaghi & Bertaccini, 2015); subgroup 16SrII-A in China (Chen et al, 2016); and group 16SrVI in Iran (Babaie et al, 2007). phytoplasma was firstly reported from the United States (Haskell, 1926) and then reported from different areas throughout the world (Cook & Wilton, 1985;Esmailzadeh-Hosseini et al, 2015;Graham, Fresheiser, Stuteville, & Erwins, 1984;Helms, 1957;Lee et al, 2000;Menzies, 1946;Smrtz, Ulrychová, & Jokeš, 1981). The symptoms of diseased pot marigold were phyllody and proliferation (Figure 2h, Sesame plants affected by phytoplasma showed symptoms of floral virescence, phyllody, stem fasciation, shortened internodes and cracking of seed capsules (Figure 2j).…”