First report of a ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma cynodontis’-related strain (group 16SrXIV) associated with white leaf disease of Dichanthium annulatum in India
G. P. Rao A C , S. Mall A , M. Singh A and C. Marcone BA Sugarcane Research Station, Kunraghat, Gorakhpur 273 008, Uttar Pradesh, 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 4(1) 56-58 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN09023
Submitted: 14 October 2008 Accepted: 17 April 2009 Published: 15 June 2009
Abstract
A phytoplasma has been detected in a formerly undescribed white leaf disease of Dichanthium annulatum (Kleberg’s bluestem) in India. By sequence and phylogenetic analyses of polymerase chain reaction-amplified rDNA sequences, the detected phytoplasma proved to be closely related to Bermuda grass white leaf agent (‘Candidatus Phytoplasma cynodontis’) which is a member of the 16SrXIV group.
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