‘Candidatus Phytoplasma cynodontis’ (16SrXIV group) affecting Oplismenus burmannii (Retz.) P. Beauv. and Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. in India
G. P. Rao A C , S. Mall A and C. Marcone BA Sugarcane Research Station, Kunraghat, Gorakhpur 273 008, UP, India.
B Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Via Ponte Don Melillo, I-84084 Fisciano (Salerno), Italy.
C Corresponding author. Email: gprao_gor@rediffmail.com
Australasian Plant Disease Notes 5(1) 93-95 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN10033
Submitted: 23 August 2009 Accepted: 18 August 2010 Published: 30 August 2010
Abstract
A phytoplasma has been detected in Oplismenus burmannii (Retz.) P. Beauv. and Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. plants with symptoms of chlorotic streaks and white leaf disease in India. By sequence and phylogenetic analyses of polymerase chain reaction-amplified rDNA sequences, the detected phytoplasma was identified as ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma cynodontis’, a member of the 16SrXIV group, and the causal agent of Bermuda grass white leaf disease. This is the first report on the occurrence of ‘Ca. Phytoplasma cynodontis’ in O. burmannii and D. sanguinalis grasses.
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