Phytopathogenic Mollicutes
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 1-Suppl.

Transmission of 16SrIII-J phytoplasma by Bergallia valdiviana Berg 1881 leafhopper

  • Author:
  • Nicolás Quiroga1, Ximena González1, Alan Zamorano1, Ana María Pino1, Luca Picciau2, Alberto Alma2, Samanta Paltrinieri3, Nicoletta Contaldo3, Assunta Bertaccini3, Nicola Fiore1,
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1University of Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Departamento de Sanidad Vegetal, Santiago, Chile

2University of Turin, DISAFA, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, Grugliasco, Torino, Italy

3Department of Agricultural Sciences (DipSA), Plant Pathology, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

*Corresponding author e-mail: Nicola Fiore (nfiore@uchile.cl)

Online published on 2 January, 2015.

Abstract

One of the most common insects in vineyards infected with phytoplasmas belonging to the family Cicadellidae, is Bergallia valdiviana Berg 1881 This leafhopper has not yet been described as a phytoplasma vector. The present work demonstrates that B. valdiviana is able to transmit phytoplasmas to periwinkle plants.

Keywords

Auchenorrhyncha, transmission trials, nested-PCR, tuf gene, 16S rRNA gene, RFLP, sequencing