Sequence Analysis of New Tuf Molecular Types of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma Solani' in Iranian Vineyards.

ABSTRACT: Grapevine Bois noir (BN) is caused by 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani' ('Ca. P. solani') and is one of the most important phytoplasma diseases in the Euro-Mediterranean viticultural areas. The epidemiology of BN can include grapevine as a plant host and is usually transmitted via sap-sucking insects that inhabit herbaceous host plants. Tracking the spread of 'Ca. P. solani' strains is of great help for the identification of plant reservoirs and insect vectors involved in local BN outbreaks. The molecular epidemiology of 'Ca. P. solani' is primarily based on sequence analysis of the tuf housekeeping gene (which encodes elongation factor Tu). In this study, molecular typing of tuf, through restriction fragment length polymorphism and sequencing, was c

SUBMITTER: Jamshidi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7350298 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature