Latex-Ficus carica var. Kadota latex was collected from the green fruit of trees grown in the orchard of Mr. V. Ed Scott of Planada, California, as described (1). Subsequent storage and centrifugation have also been described (1). Reagents-Carnation instant nonfat dry milk was used for milk-clotting activity determinations. Barbital was obtained from Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, St. Louis, Miss...

Fig (Ficus carica) trees exhibited symptoms of little leaf, mottling and deformation in Sanliurfa province, Turkey. Poylmerase chain reaction (PCR) through direct nested-PCR, phylogeny based on the sequence analysis revealed that infecting agent was closely related to ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia’ (16SrII-B subgroup). This is first report Ca. P. aurantifolia fig