TY - JOUR
T1 - 'Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense' is associated with diseases of red clover and paddy melon in south-west Australia
AU - Saqib, M.
AU - Jones, M.G.K.
AU - Jones, Roger
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Plants of red clover ( Trifolium pratense), several other pasture legumes and paddy melon ( Cucumis myriocarpus) with symptoms of diminished leaf size, pallor, rugosity, leaf deformation, shoot proliferation and stunting were observed amongst pasture plots growing at a site in south-west Australia. When tested using PCR, diseased samples from all species with these symptoms were positive for a phytoplasma resembling 'Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense'. This association was confirmed for red clover and paddy melon by subsequent nested PCR and sequence analysis. This is the first time that 'Ca. Phytoplasma australiense' has been reported infecting these hosts.
AB - Plants of red clover ( Trifolium pratense), several other pasture legumes and paddy melon ( Cucumis myriocarpus) with symptoms of diminished leaf size, pallor, rugosity, leaf deformation, shoot proliferation and stunting were observed amongst pasture plots growing at a site in south-west Australia. When tested using PCR, diseased samples from all species with these symptoms were positive for a phytoplasma resembling 'Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense'. This association was confirmed for red clover and paddy melon by subsequent nested PCR and sequence analysis. This is the first time that 'Ca. Phytoplasma australiense' has been reported infecting these hosts.
U2 - 10.1071/AP06012
DO - 10.1071/AP06012
M3 - Review article
VL - 35
SP - 283
EP - 285
JO - Australasian Plant Pathology
JF - Australasian Plant Pathology
SN - 0815-3191
ER -