Endophytic bacterial community of grapevine leaves influenced by sampling date and phytoplasma infection process.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endophytic bacteria benefit host plant directly or indirectly, e.g. by biocontrol of the pathogens. Up to now, their interactions with the host and with other microorganisms are poorly understood. Consequently, a crucial step for improving the knowledge of those relationships is to determine if pathogens or plant growing season influence endophytic bacterial diversity and dynamic.

Results

Four healthy, four phytoplasma diseased and four recovered (symptomatic plants that spontaneously regain a healthy condition) grapevine plants were sampled monthly from June to October 2010 in a vineyard in north-western Italy. Metagenomic DNA was extracted from sterilized leaves and the endophytic bacterial community dynamic and diversity were analyzed by taxon specific real-tim

SUBMITTER: Bulgari D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4223760 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature