'Bois noir' phytoplasma induces significant reprogramming of the leaf transcriptome in the field grown grapevine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Phytoplasmas are bacteria without cell walls from the class Mollicutes. They are obligate intracellular plant pathogens which cause diseases in hundreds of economically important plants including the grapevine (Vitis vinifera). Knowledge of their biology and the mechanisms of their interactions with hosts is largely unknown because they are uncultivable and experimentally inaccessible in their hosts. We detail here the global transcriptional profiling in grapevine responses to phytoplasmas. The gene expression patterns were followed in leaf midribs of grapevine cv. 'Chardonnay' naturally infected with a phytoplasma from the stolbur group 16SrXII-A, which is associated with the grapevine yellows disease 'Bois noir'.

Results

We established an on field experimental s

SUBMITTER: Hren M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2761425 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature