Identification and epidemic distribution of two flavescence doree-related phytoplasmas in Veneto (Italy)

Plant Disease

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 925-930

  Martini, Marta ^a   Murari, Ermanno ^a   Mori, Nicola ^b   Bertaccini, Assunta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPEVINE YELLOWS DISEASE; ITALY; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA ULMI; FLAVESCENCE; FLAVESCENCE DOREE; PHYTOPLASMA; SCAPHOIDEUS; SCAPHOIDEUS TITANUS; ULMUS; VITIS;

EID: 0032861801     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.1999.83.10.925     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Albanese, G., Davis, R. E., Granata, G., Dally, E. L., Santuccio, T., and Tessitori, M. 1996. DNA-based analysis to detect and identify phytoplasmas in yellows-diseased grapevines in Sicily. Petria 6:65-76.
2. Alma, A., Bosco, D., Danielli, A., Bertaccini, A., Vibio, M., and Arzone, A. 1997. Identification of phytoplasmas in eggs, nymphs and adults of Scaphoideus titanus Ball reared on healthy plants. Insect Mol. Biol. 6(2):115-121.
3. Alma, A., Davis, R. E., Vibio, M., Danielli, A., Bosco, D., Arzone, A., and Bertaccini, A. 1996. Mixed infection of grapevines in Northern Italy by phytoplasmas including 16S rRNA RFLP subgroup 16SrI-B strains previously unreported in this host. Plant Dis. 80:418-421.
4. Bertaccini, A., Borgo, M., Martini, M., Mori, N., Murari, E., Posenato, G., Sancassani, P., Sartori, S., and Vibio, M. 1998. Continuano le epidemic di giallumi. Inf. Agrario 15:85-90.
5. Bertaccini, A., Murari, E., Vibio, M., Danielli, A., Davis, R. E., Borgo, M., Consolaro, R., and Sancassani, P. 1996. Identificazione molecolare dei fitoplasmi presenti in viti affette da giallumi nel Veneto. Inf. Agrario 20:55-59.
6. Bertaccini, A., Vibio, M., Schaff, D. A., Murari, E., Martini, M., and Danielli, A. 1997. Geographical distribution of elm yellows-related phytoplasmas in grapevine Flavescence dorée outbreaks in Veneto (Italy). ICVG Meeting, 12th. Lisbon, Portugal, pp. 57-58.
7. Bertaccini, A., Vibio, M., and Stefani, E. 1995. Detection and molecular characterization of phytoplasmas infecting grapevine in Liguria (Italy). Phytopathol. Mediterr. 34:137-141.
8. Bianco, P. A., Davis, R. E., Casati, P., and Fortusini, A. 1996. Prevalence of aster yellows (AY) and elm yellows (EY) group phytoplasmas in symptomatic grapevines in three areas of northern Italy. Vitis 35:195-199.
9. Bianco, P. A., Davis, R. E., Prince, J. P., Lee, I.-M., Gundersen, D. E., Fortusini, A., and Belli, G. 1993. Double and single infections by aster yellows and elm yellows MLOs in grapevines with symptoms characteristic of Flavescence dorée. Riv. Patol. Veg. S.V. 3:69-82.
10. Boudon-Padieu, E., Daire, X., Clair, D., Lavina, A., Batlle, A., Reinert, W., and Maixner, M. 1997. Differentiation of grapevine phytoplasmas in the elm yellows and the stolbur group with the use of RFLP of non-ribosomal DNA. ICVG Meeting, 12th. Lisbon, Portugal. pp. 55-56.
11. Caudwell, A. 1957. Deux années d'études sur la Flavescence dorée, nouvelle maladie grave de la vigne. Ann. Amelior. Plant. 4:359-393.
12. Daire, X., Clair, D., Kuszala, C., and Boudon-Padieu, E. 1994. Detection and differentiation of grapevine yellows MLOs. IOM Lett. 3:253-254.
13. Daire, X., Clair, D., Larrue, J., and Boudon-Padieu, E. 1997. Detection and differentiation of grapevine yellows phytoplasmas belonging to elm yellows group and to the stolbur sub-group by PCR amplification of non-ribosomal DNA. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 103:507-514.
14. 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., and Caudwell, A. 1993. Occurrence of diverse MLOs in tissues of grapevine affected by grapevine yellows in different countries. Vitis 32:247-248.
15. Danielli, A., Bertaccini, A., Bosco, D., Alma, A., Vibio, M., and Arzone, A. 1996. May evidence of 16SrI-group-related phytoplasmas in eggs, nymphs and adults of Scaphoideus titanus Ball suggest their transovarial transmission? IOM Lett. 4:190-191.
16. Davis, R. E., Dally, E. L., Bertaccini, A., Lee, I.-M., Credi, R., Osler, R., Savino, V., Carraro, L., Di Terlizzi, B., and Barba, M. 1993. Restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses and dot hybridizations distinguish mycoplasmalike organisms associated with flavescence dorée and Southern European grapevine yellows disease in Italy. Phytopathology 83:772-776.
17. Davis, R. E., Dally, E. L., Tanne, E., and Rumbos, I. C. 1997. Phytoplasmas associated with grapevine yellows in Israel and Greece belong to the stolbur phytoplasma subgroup, 16SrXII-A. J. Plant Pathol. 79:181-187.
18. Gibb, K. S., Padovan, A. C., and Mogen, B. D. 1995. Studies on sweet potato little-leaf phytoplasma detected in sweet potato and other plant species growing in Northern Australia. Phytopathology 85:169-174.
19. Lee, I.-M., Bertaccini, A., Vibio, M., and Gundersen, D. E. 1995. Detection of multiple phytoplasmas in perennial fruit trees with decline symptoms in Italy. Phytopathology 85:728-735.
20. Lee, I.-M., Davis, R. E., Sinclair, W. A., DeWitt, N. D., and Conti, M. 1993. Genetic relatedness of mycoplasmalike organisms detected in Ulmus spp. in the United States and Italy by means of DNA probes and polymerase chain reactions. Phytopathology 83:829-833.
21. Lee, I.-M., Gundersen, D. E., Hammond, R. W., and Davis, R. E. 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 84:559-566.
22. Lee, I.-M., Gundersen-Rindal, D. E., Davis, R. E., and Bartoszyk, I. M. 1998. Revised classification scheme of phytoplasmas based on RFLP analyses of 16SrRNA and ribosomal protein gene sequences. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 48:1153-1169.
23. Lee, I.-M., Pastore, M., Vibio, M., Danielli, A., Attathom, S., Davis, R. E., and Bertaccini, A. 1997. Detection and characterization of a phytoplasma associated with annual blue grass (Poa annua) white leaf disease in Southern Italy. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 103:251-254.
24. Maixner, M., Ahrens, U., and Seemüller, E. 1995. Detection of the German grapevine yellows (Vergilbungskrankheit) MLO in grapevine, alternative hosts, and a vector by a specific PCR procedure. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 101:241-250.
25. Marcone, C., Ragozzino, A., and Seemüller, E. 1997. Identification and characterization of the phytoplasma associated with elm yellows in southern Italy and its relatedness to other phytoplasmas of the elm yellows group. Eur. J. For. Pathol. 27:45-54.
26. Martini, M., Vibio, M., Sfalanga, A., and Bertaccini, A. 1998. Molecular and ecological diversity of phytoplasmas belonging to the elm yellows group in Italy towards their tentative epidemiology. IOM Conf., 12th. Sidney, Australia. p. 130.
27. Padovan, A. C., Gibb, K. S., Bertaccini, A., Vibio, M., Bonfiglioli, R. G., Magarey, P. A., and Sears, B. B. 1995. Molecular detection of Australian grapevine yellows phytoplasma and comparison with grapevine yellows phytoplasmas from Italy. Aust. J. Grape Wine Res. 1:25-31.
28. Posenato, G., and Girolami, V. 1994. Diffusione ed evoluzione della flavescenza dorata della vite nell'area del Soave. Inf. Agrario 22:57-60.
29. Prince, J. P., Davis, R. E., Wolf, T. K., Lee, I.-M., Mogen, B. D., Dally, E. L., Bertaccini, A., Credi, R., and Barba, M. 1993. Molecular detection of diverse mycoplasmalike organisms (MLOs) associated with grapevine yellows and their classification with aster yellows, X-disease, and elm yellows MLOs. Phytopathology 83:1130-1137.
30. Refatti, E. 1993. La flavescenza dorata ed altri giallumi della vite, stato attuale delle conoscenze e problemi di lotta. Eurovite'93 Ersa 23-30.
31. Schaff, D. A., Lee, I.-M., and Davis, R. E. 1992. Sensitive detection and identification of mycoplasmalike organisms by polymerase chain reactions. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 186:1503-1509.
32. Schneider, B., Seemüller, E., Smart, C. D., and Kirkpatrick, B. C. 1995. Phylogenetic classification of plant pathogenic mycoplasmalike organisms or phytoplasmas. Pages 369-380 in: Molecular and Diagnostic Procedures in Mycoplasmology. Vol. 2. S. Razin and J. G. Tully, eds. Academic Press, New York.
33. Seemüller, E., Marcone, C., Lauer, U., Ragozzino, A., and Göschl, M. 1998. Current status of molecular classification of the phytoplasmas. J. Plant Pathol. 80:3-26.
34. Zhang, Y.-P., Uyemoto, J. K., and Kirkpatrick, B. C. 1995. A rapid, small scale procedure for extracting virus, viroid, MLO and bacterial nucleic acids from plants for analysis by PCR. (Abstr.) Phytopathology 85:1205.