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Bacteria and phytoplasmas / Bactéries et phytoplasmes

Identification of the phytoplasma associated with peach yellows disease in northwest China

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Pages 151-160 | Accepted 08 Apr 2014, Published online: 04 Jun 2014
 

Abstract

Abstract: Peach yellows disease was identified in a visual survey conducted in Shaanxi, China in 2010 and 2011. Using transmission electron microscopy and a nested PCR assay, the disease was confirmed to be due to phytoplasma infection. Based on sequence data, phylogenetic analysis and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis, the peach yellows phytoplasma was classified into the subgroup 16SrV-B. Bud graft with fresh buds from diseased peach trees as scions onto healthy young peach trees as rootstocks showed that the phytoplasma was a causal agent of peach yellows disease and was graft-transmissible. This is the first reported occurrence of 16SrV-B phytoplasma in peach trees in northwest China.

Résumé

La jaunisse du pêcher a été identifiée au cours d’une étude visuelle menée en 2010 et 2011 dans la province du Shaanxi, en Chine. La maladie, une phytoplasmose, a été confirmée par microscopie électronique à transmission et PCR par amorces incluses. En raison des données de la séquence, de l’analyse phylogénétique et du polymorphisme de longueur des fragments de restriction (RFLP), le phytoplasme de la jaunisse du pêcher a été classé dans le sous-groupe 16SrV-B. Des greffons provenant de pêchers infectés, greffés sur de jeunes pêchers sains, ont servi à démontrer que le phytoplasme était l’agent causal de la jaunisse du pêcher et qu’il était transmissible par greffe. Il s’agit du premier cas de phytoplasme 16SrV-B rapporté sur les pêchers dans le nord-ouest de la Chine.

Acknowledgements

We thank Paul Randall and Eunice Randall of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agri-Food Research Center, Canada, for revisions and suggestions to the manuscript.

Funding

ZhengNan Li is a recipient of a China Scholarship Council PhD fellowship. This work was supported by the 111 project from the Education Ministry of China [Grant no. B07049], National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant no. 31371913] and PhD Student Academic Newcomer Award of China Ministry of Education [Grant no. Z107021202].

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