Phytopathogenic Mollicutes

SCOPUS
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 1

First report of association of a 16SrII group phytoplasma with a witches'broom disease of Croton bonplandianum

  • Author:
  • Kiran Kirdat1,2, Bhavesh Tiwarekar1, Vipool Thorat1, Shivaji Sathe2, Amit Yadav1,
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 100 to 103

1National Centre for Microbial Resource, National Centre for Cell Science, Ganeshkhind, Pune-411007, India

2Department of Microbiology, Tuljaram Chaturchand College, Baramati-413102, Maharashtra, India

Abstract

The diseases associated with peanut witches’ broom phytoplasmas are observed in several legume crops and weed species with typical phyllody and witches’ broom symptoms. The presence of a phytoplasma strains belonging to 16SrII-D subgroup is reported in the common Indian weed Croton bonplandianum showing witches’ broom and phyllody. C. bonplandianum is producing widespread infestations in agriculture fields and barren lands and then pose a serious threat as possible secondary host of this phytoplasma. This is the first identification of a ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma australasia’-related strains in C. bonplandianum showing witches’ broom symptoms.

Keywords

Peanut witches’ broom phytoplasma, 16SrII-D, Croton bonplandianum, ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma australasia’, epidemiology