Evidence that Xylella fastidiosa is the Causal Agent of Almond Leaf Scorch Disease in Alicante, Mainland Spain (Iberian Peninsula)
| Autor: | Silvia Barbé, Ester Marco-Noales, Adela Monterde, M. Roselló, I. Navarro-Herrero, C. M. Aure, Vicente Dalmau, Blanca B. Landa, Amparo Ferrer, M. L. Domingo-Calap |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Leaf scorch
Plant Science Biology law.invention symbols.namesake Inoculation Molecular techniques Peninsula law Botany Quarantine medicine H20 Plant diseases Xylella fastidiosa geography geography.geographical_feature_category Almond leaf scorch disease food and beverages Outbreak medicine.disease biology.organism_classification U30 Research methods Koch's postulates Serological techniques symbols Mediterranean area Mainland Agronomy and Crop Science |
| Zdroj: | electronico ReDivia. Repositorio Digital del Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias instname |
| ISSN: | 1943-7692 0191-2917 |
| DOI: | 10.1094/pdis-03-21-0625-sc |
| Popis: | In 2017, Xylella fastidiosa, a quarantine plant-pathogenic bacterium in Europe, was detected in almond trees associated with leaf scorch symptoms in Alicante, a Mediterranean area in southeastern mainland Spain. The bacterium was detected by serological and molecular techniques, isolated in axenic culture from diseased almond trees, and identified as X. fastidiosa subsp. multiplex sequence type (ST) 6. Inoculation experiments on almond plants in greenhouse trials with a characterized strain of X. fastidiosa subsp. multiplex ST6 isolated in the outbreak area have proved that it was able to multiply and systemically colonize inoculated plants. Disease symptoms characteristic of leaf scorch like those observed in the field were observed in the inoculated almond trees after 1 year. Furthermore, the pathogen was reisolated and identified by molecular tests. With the fulfillment of Koch’s postulates, we have demonstrated that X. fastidiosa is the causal agent of the almond leaf scorch disease in the Alicante outbreak. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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