1Plant Diseases Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran
2Plant Protection Department, Golestan Agricultural and Natural Resource Research Centre, Agricultural Research,Education and Extension Organization, Gorgan, Iran
*Corresponding author e-mail: Maryam Ghayeb Zamharir (zamharir2005@yahoo.com)
Online published on 23 May, 2023.
Soybean bud proliferation (Sbp) disease is associated with a phytoplasma of the 16SrVI-A subgroup. Because of the widespread occurrence of this disease, the possibility of its seed transmission was studied. Seeds collected from Sbp infected, or symptomatic plants were examined and compared with those collected from asymptomatic soybean plants. The results showed that none of the plants grown from seeds collected from asymptomatic plants were positive for the presence of phytoplasmas. Five months after germination, soybean plants grown from the seeds collected from symptomatic plants showed typical symptoms of Sbp disease under greenhouse conditions and also tested positive for phytoplasmas in nested PCR. Sbp is a new phytoplasma disease that could be transmitted through seeds in Iran.
Phytoplasma, Seed transmission, Soybean bud proliferation
