Phytopathogenic Mollicutes
Year : 2015, Volume : 5, Issue : 1-Suppl.
First page : ( S43) Last page : ( S44)
Print ISSN : 2249-4669. Online ISSN : 2249-4677.
Article DOI : 10.5958/2249-4677.2015.00017.1

Transmission of 16SrIII-J phytoplasma by Paratanus exitiosus (Beamer) leafhopper in grapevine

Fiore Nicola^1,*, Longone Valeria², González Ximena¹, Zamorano Alan¹, Pino Ana María¹, Quiroga Nicolás¹, Picciau Luca³, Alma Alberto³, Paltrinieri Samanta⁴, Contaldo Nicoletta⁴, Bertaccini Assunta⁴

¹University of Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Departamento de Sanidad Vegetal, Santiago, Chile

²Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Mendoza, Laboratorio de Fitopatología, Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina

³Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari (DISAFA), University of Turin, Grugliasco, Torino, Italy

⁴Department of Agricultural Sciences (DipSA), Plant Pathology, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

*Corresponding author e-mail: Nicola Fiore (nfiore@uchile.cl)

Online published on 2 January, 2015.

Abstract

The most common insect in Chilean phytoplasma-infected vineyards, belonging to the family Cicadellidae, is Paratanus exitiosus (Beamer). This leafhopper was proved to be able to transmit the 16SrIII-J phytoplasma to periwinkle plants. In the present work we demonstrate that P. exitiosus transmits the same phytoplasma to grapevine plants too.

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Keywords

Auchenorrhyncha, transmission trials, grapevine yellows, tuf gene, 16S rRNA gene.

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