A successful defence strategy in grapevine cultivar 'Tocai friulano' provides compartmentation of grapevine Flavescence doree phytoplasma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Flavescence dorée (FD) is a grapevine disease caused by phytoplasma and it is one of the most destructive pathologies in Europe. Nowadays, the only strategies used to control the epidemics are insecticides against vector, but more sustainable techniques are required. Completely resistant Vitis vinifera varieties have not been uncovered yet, but differences in susceptibility among cultivars and spontaneous recovery from FD symptoms have been observed. The grapevine cultivar 'Tocai friulano' shows very low susceptibility to FD but its defence strategy to counteract the phytoplasma spread has not been deciphered yet. In this work, the mechanisms occurring within 'Tocai friulano' FD-infected plants were examined in depth to identify the phytoplasma distribution and the defen

SUBMITTER: Casarin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10039607 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature