Stolbur Phytoplasma Transmission to Maize by Reptalus panzeri and the Disease Cycle of Maize Redness in Serbia

2009
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Jović, Jelena
Cvrković, T.

Mitrović, Milana

Krnjajić, Slobodan

Petrović, A.
Redinbaugh, Margaret G.
Pratt, R. C.
Hogenhout, S. A.

Tosevski, Ivo

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Maize redness (MR), induced by stolbur phytoplasma ('Candidatus Phytoplasma solani', subgroup 16SrXII-A), is characterized by midrib, leaf, and stalk reddening and abnormal ear development. MR has been reported from Serbia, Romania, and Bulgaria for 50 years, and recent epiphytotics reduced yields by 40 to 90% in South Banat District, Serbia. Potential vectors including leafhoppers and planthoppers in the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha, were surveyed in MR-affected and low-MR-incidence fields, and 33 different species were identified. Only Reptalus panzeri populations displayed characteristics of a major MR vector. More R. panzeri individuals were present in MR-affected versus low-MR fields, higher populations were observed in maize plots than in field border areas, and peak population levels preceded the appearance of MR in late July. Stolbur phytoplasma was detected in 17% of R. panzeri adults using nested polymerase chain reaction but not in any other insects tested. High...er populations of R. panzeri nymphs were found on maize, Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense), and wheat (Triticum aestivum) roots. Stolbur phytoplasma was detected in roots of these three plant species, as well as in R. panzeri L-3 and L-5 nymphs. When stolbur phytoplasma-infected R. panzeri L-3 nymphs were introduced into insect-free mesh cages containing healthy maize and wheat plants, 89 and 7%, respectively, became infected. These results suggest that the MR disease cycle in South Banat involves mid-July transmission of stolbur phytoplasma to maize by infected adult R. panzeri. The adult R. panzeri lay eggs on infected maize roots, and nymphs living on these roots acquire the phytoplasma from infected maize. The nymphs overwinter on the roots of wheat planted into maize fields in the autumn, allowing emergence of phytoplasma-infected vectors the following July.
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Zea mays / Mollicutes / hemipteran vectors / epidemiological cycleSource:
Phytopathology, 2009, 99, 9, 1053-1061Publisher:
- Amer Phytopathological Soc, St Paul
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- United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agriculture ServiceUnited States Department of Agriculture (USDA) [58-3148-4-086]
- Ohio State University Research Foundation
- John Innes Centre
- Gatsby Charitable Foundation
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilUK Research & Innovation (UKRI)Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilUK Research & Innovation (UKRI)Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) [BBS/E/J/000C0623] Funding Source: researchfish
- BBSRCUK Research & Innovation (UKRI)Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) [BBS/E/J/000C0623] Funding Source: UKRI
- 401-00-16422/200711/36-4
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-99-9-1053
ISSN: 0031-949X
PubMed: 19671007
WoS: 000268876800006
Scopus: 2-s2.0-70249106110
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Institut za multidisciplinarna istraživanjaTY - JOUR AU - Jović, Jelena AU - Cvrković, T. AU - Mitrović, Milana AU - Krnjajić, Slobodan AU - Petrović, A. AU - Redinbaugh, Margaret G. AU - Pratt, R. C. AU - Hogenhout, S. A. AU - Tosevski, Ivo PY - 2009 UR - http://rimsi.imsi.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/304 AB - Maize redness (MR), induced by stolbur phytoplasma ('Candidatus Phytoplasma solani', subgroup 16SrXII-A), is characterized by midrib, leaf, and stalk reddening and abnormal ear development. MR has been reported from Serbia, Romania, and Bulgaria for 50 years, and recent epiphytotics reduced yields by 40 to 90% in South Banat District, Serbia. Potential vectors including leafhoppers and planthoppers in the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha, were surveyed in MR-affected and low-MR-incidence fields, and 33 different species were identified. Only Reptalus panzeri populations displayed characteristics of a major MR vector. More R. panzeri individuals were present in MR-affected versus low-MR fields, higher populations were observed in maize plots than in field border areas, and peak population levels preceded the appearance of MR in late July. Stolbur phytoplasma was detected in 17% of R. panzeri adults using nested polymerase chain reaction but not in any other insects tested. Higher populations of R. panzeri nymphs were found on maize, Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense), and wheat (Triticum aestivum) roots. Stolbur phytoplasma was detected in roots of these three plant species, as well as in R. panzeri L-3 and L-5 nymphs. When stolbur phytoplasma-infected R. panzeri L-3 nymphs were introduced into insect-free mesh cages containing healthy maize and wheat plants, 89 and 7%, respectively, became infected. These results suggest that the MR disease cycle in South Banat involves mid-July transmission of stolbur phytoplasma to maize by infected adult R. panzeri. The adult R. panzeri lay eggs on infected maize roots, and nymphs living on these roots acquire the phytoplasma from infected maize. The nymphs overwinter on the roots of wheat planted into maize fields in the autumn, allowing emergence of phytoplasma-infected vectors the following July. PB - Amer Phytopathological Soc, St Paul T2 - Phytopathology T1 - Stolbur Phytoplasma Transmission to Maize by Reptalus panzeri and the Disease Cycle of Maize Redness in Serbia EP - 1061 IS - 9 SP - 1053 VL - 99 DO - 10.1094/PHYTO-99-9-1053 ER -
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Jović, J., Cvrković, T., Mitrović, M., Krnjajić, S., Petrović, A., Redinbaugh, M. G., Pratt, R. C., Hogenhout, S. A.,& Tosevski, I.. (2009). Stolbur Phytoplasma Transmission to Maize by Reptalus panzeri and the Disease Cycle of Maize Redness in Serbia. in Phytopathology Amer Phytopathological Soc, St Paul., 99(9), 1053-1061. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-99-9-1053
Jović J, Cvrković T, Mitrović M, Krnjajić S, Petrović A, Redinbaugh MG, Pratt RC, Hogenhout SA, Tosevski I. Stolbur Phytoplasma Transmission to Maize by Reptalus panzeri and the Disease Cycle of Maize Redness in Serbia. in Phytopathology. 2009;99(9):1053-1061. doi:10.1094/PHYTO-99-9-1053 .
Jović, Jelena, Cvrković, T., Mitrović, Milana, Krnjajić, Slobodan, Petrović, A., Redinbaugh, Margaret G., Pratt, R. C., Hogenhout, S. A., Tosevski, Ivo, "Stolbur Phytoplasma Transmission to Maize by Reptalus panzeri and the Disease Cycle of Maize Redness in Serbia" in Phytopathology, 99, no. 9 (2009):1053-1061, https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-99-9-1053 . .