Association of phytoplasmas with the decline of European hazel in southern Italy

Plant Pathology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 857-863

  Marcone, C ^a   Ragozzino, A ^a   Seemuller E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Inst F Pflanzenschutz im Obstbau   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZEL; TREE DECLINE; YELLOWS DISEASE;

ITALY, CAMPANIA;

BETULACEAE; CORYLUS AVELLANA; MOLLICUTES;

EID: 0030303078     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.1996.tb02896.x     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Ahrens U, Seemüller E, 1992. Detection of DNA of plant pathogenic mycoplasmalike organisms by a polymerase chain reaction that amplifies a sequence of the 16S rRNA gene Phytopathology 82, 828-32.
2. Ahrens U, Seemüller E, 1994. Detection of mycoplasmalike organisms in declining oaks by polymerase chain reaction. European Journal of Forest Pathology 24, 55-63.
3. Ahrens U, Lorenz K-H, Kison H, Berges R, Schneider B, Seemüller E, 1994. Universal, cluster-specific, and pathogen-specific PCR amplification of 16S rDNA for detection and identification of mycoplasmalike organisms. (Abstr.) IOM Letters 3, 250.
4. Daire X, Clair D, Larrue J, Boudon-Padieu E, Alma A, Arzone A, Carraro L, Osler R, Refatti E, Granata G, Credi R, Tanne E, Pearson R, Caudwell A, 1993. Occurrence of diverse MLOs in tissues of grapevine affected by grapevine yellows in different countries. Vitis 32, 247-8
5. Deng S, Hiruki C, 1991 Amplification of 16S rRNA genes from culturable and nonculturable mollicutes. Journal of Microbiological Methods 14, 53-61.
6. Gundersen DE, Lee I-M, Rehner SA, Davis RE, Kingsbury DT, 1994. Phylogeny of mycoplasmalike organisms (phytoplasmas): a basis for their classification. Journal of Bacteriology 176, 5244-54.
7. Jarausch W, Saillard C, Dosba F, Bovè JM, 1994. Differentiation of mycoplasmalike organisms (MLOs) in European fruit trees by PCR using specific primers derived from the sequence of chromosomal fragment of the apple proliferation MLO. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 60, 2916-23.
8. Kirkpatrick BC, Smart CD, Blomquist C, Guerra L, Harrison NA, Ahrens U, Lorenz K-H, Schneider B, Seemüller E, 1994. Identification of MLO strain-specific PCR primers obtained from 16/23S rRNA spacer sequences. (Abstr.) IOM Letters 3, 261-2.
9. Lee I-M, Bertaccini A, Vibio M, Gundersen DE, 1995. Detection of multiple phytoplasmas in perennial fruit trees with decline symptoms in Italy Phytopathology 85, 728-35.
10. Lee I-M, Gundersen DE, Hammond RW, Davis RE, 1994. Use of mycoplasmalike organism (MLO) group-specific oligonucleotide primers for nested-PCR assays to detect mixed-MLO infections in a single host plant. Phytopathology 84, 559-66.
11. Lee I-M, Hammond RW, Davis RE, Gundersen DE, 1993 Universal amplification and analysis of pathogen 16S rDNA for classification and identification of mycoplasmalike organisms. Phytopathology 83, 834-42.
12. Lorenz K-H, Dosba F, Poggi Pollini C, Llácer G, Seemüller E, 1994. Phytoplasma diseases of Prunus species in Europe are caused by genetically similar organisms. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz 101, 567-75.
13. Lorenz K-H, Schneider B, Ahrens U, Seemüller E, 1995. Detection of the apple proliferation and pear decline phytoplasmas by PCR amplification of ribosomal and nonribosomal DNA. Phytopathology 85, 771-6
14. Maniatas T, Fritsch EF, Sambrook J, 1982. Molecular Cloning: a Laboratory Manual. Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y.: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
15. Marcone C, Ragozzino A, Schneider B, Lauer U, Smart CD, Seemüller E, 1996a Genetic characterization and classification of two phytoplasmas associated with spartium witches broom disease. Plant Disease 80, 365-71.
16. Marcone C, Ragozzino A, Seemüller E, 1996b. Detection of an elm yellows-related phytoplasma in eucalyptus trees affected by little leaf disease in Italy. Plant Disease 80, 669-73.
17. McCoy RE, Caudwell A, Chang CJ, Chen TA, Chiykowski LN, Cousin MT, Dale JL, de Leeuw GTN, Golino DA, Hackett KJ, Kirkpatrick BC, Marwitz R, Petzold H, Sinha RC, Sugiura M, Whitcomb RF, Yang IL, Zhu BM, Seemüller E, 1989. Plant diseases associated with mycoplasmalike organisms. In: Whitcomb RF, Tully JG, eds. The Mycoplasmas, Vol. V. San Diego: Academic Press, 545-640.
18. Németh M, 1986. Virus, Mycoplasma, and Rickettsia Disease of Fruit Trees. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhof.
19. Ragozzino A, 1979. II mosaico del nocciòlo. Atti Convegno 'Produzione e Patologia Piante Arboree Forestali ed Ornamentali'. Milano, 31 maggio-1 giugno, 98.
20. Ragozzino A, 1980. Hazel mosaic. Acta Phytopathologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 15, (1-4), 375-8.
21. Ragozzino A, Iaccarino F, Viggiani G, 1971. Indagini preliminari sulla eziologia della 'Maculatura Lineare' del nocciòlo. Rivista di Patologia Vegetale 7, 83-94.
22. Schneider B, Ahrens U, Kirkpatrick BC, Seemüller E, 1993. Classification of plant-pathogenic mycoplasmalike organisms using restriction-site analysis of PCR-amplified 16S rDNA. Journal of General Microbiology 139, 519-27.
23. Schneider B, Cousin MT, Klinkong S, Seemüller E, 1995. Taxonomic relatedness and phylogenetic positions of phytoplasmas associated with diseases of faba bean, sunnhemp, sesame, soybean, and eggplant. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz 102, 225-32.
24. Seemüller E, 1989. Mykoplasmen als Ursache von Gehölzkrankheiten in Europa. Forum Mikrobiologie 12, 144-51.
25. Seemüller E, Schneider B, Mäurer R, Ahrens U, Daire X, Kison H, Lorenz K-H, Firrao G, Avinent L, Sears BB, Stackbrandt E, 1994. Phylogenetic classification of phytopathogenic mollicutes by sequence analysis of 16S ribosomal DNA. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 44, 440-6.