Is anybody test phytoplasma infection in commercial tomato seeds?

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Kourosh Vahdati

I haven't tested. But I recommend to read the following paper:

Article Phytoplasma infection in tomato is associated with re-organi...

Alex Ignatov

Suresh K Malhotra My colleague Dr. Damir Bogoutdinov confirmed frequent seed phytoplasma infection on Datúra sp., and that fresh seeds of tomato can be infected too. But, so far I do not know about commercial seed testing for such pathogens.