Surveys for grapevine yellows phytoplasmas in Bosnia and Herzegovina have been conducted since 2004
and vineyards in Srpska region where mostly monitored. In 2011 an extended survey was done in vineyards
of West Herzegovina, the most important region for grapevine industry. Four areas were inspected for
presence of phytoplasma symptoms and 57 grapevine and weed samples were collected for laboratory
analyses. Nested-PCR/RFLP analyses allow to verify presence of ‘bois noir’ phytoplasma, tuf type-b in 15
symptomatic grapevine samples collected in all surveyed areas.
