Analysis of Phyllody Disease Caused by Phytoplasmas in Sesame and Richardia Plants

JIRCAS Journal
ISSN 13407686
書誌レコードID(総合目録DB) AA11030483
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Sesame phyllody (SP) caused by phloem-limiting bacteria, phytoplasmas, is primarily distributed in the tropics. The characteristic symptoms of this disease consist of malformation of the floral organs which appear as green leaf-like structures. In Northeast Thailand, phyllody symptoms on a rubiaceous plant, Richardia sp. (RP) were observed in addition to SP. Phylogenetically the RP phytoplasmas are close to the SP phytoplasmas based on 16S rDNA data. Hybridization assay using the chromosomal DNA fragment of the SP phytoplasmas, SP28, as a DNA probe showed that the phytoplasmas were distributed not only in flowers showing symptoms but also in symptomless leaves and stems in phyllody-diseased sesame and Richardia plants. Sesame plants inoculated with the udo dwarf phytoplasmas which are different from the SP phytoplasmas phylogenetically showed witches' broom-like symptoms, but not phyllody symptoms. These results suggest that the phyllody symptoms of sesame plants may be due to an inhibition of the morphogenesis of the floral organs by metabolites synthesized by phytoplasmas, rather than an interruption of phloem flow by phytoplasmas.

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作成者 Kazuo NAKASHIMA Witcha CHALEEPROM Porntip WONGKAEW Pisan SIRITHORN Shosuke KATO
著者キーワード phytoplasma mycoplasmalike organism distribution udo dwarf
公開者 Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
オンライン掲載日
国立情報学研究所メタデータ主題語彙集(資源タイプ) Journal Article
7
開始ページ 19
終了ページ 27
権利 Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
言語 eng

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