Crown and cane gall of a blackberry-raspberry hybrid caused by Agrobacterium rhizogenes in northern Italy

被引:0
作者
Weller, SA [1 ]
Stead, DE
Mazzucchi, U
机构
[1] DEFRA, Cent Sci Lab, York YO41 1LZ, N Yorkshire, England
[2] Univ Bologna, Dipartimento Sci & Tecnol Agroambientali, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
关键词
Ti-plasmid; Ri-plasmid; blackberry; raspberry; crown gall; canegall; Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Agrobacterium rhizogenes; Agrobacterium rubi;
D O I
暂无
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
During a serious epidemic of crown and cane gall on the blackberry-raspberry (Rubus occidentalis-Rubus idaeus) hybrid Lockness in a specialized crop in the province of Treviso (northern Italy) Gram-negative bacteria were found associated with tumours. Following experimental inoculation these bacteria caused tumours on tomato stems and on pot-grown hybrid canes in the greenhouse. These bacteria were found to possess a Ti plasmid, common to Agrobacterium. The resulting fatty acid profile did not correspond to any known Agrobacterium species, but did indicate an affinity with the genus Agrobacterium. Partial 16S rRNA sequencing revealed that the bacteria were closely related to three strains of Agrobacterium rhizogenes, in particular with a strain isolated from a peach tumour.
引用
收藏
页码:161 / 165
页数:5
相关论文
共 19 条
[1]   Occurrence and genetic diversity of rhizobia nodulating Sesbania sesban in African soils [J].
Bala, A ;
Murphy, P ;
Giller, KE .
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY, 2002, 34 (11) :1759-1768
[2]   ISOLATION OF DIFFERENT AGROBACTERIUM BIOVARS FROM A NATURAL OAK SAVANNA AND TALLGRASS PRAIRIE [J].
BOUZAR, H ;
MOORE, LW .
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 1987, 53 (04) :717-721
[3]   SELECTIVE MEDIA FOR 3 BIOVARS OF AGROBACTERIUM [J].
BRISBANE, PG ;
KERR, A .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED BACTERIOLOGY, 1983, 54 (03) :425-431
[4]  
Burr T. J., 1997, Pennsylvania Fruit News, V77, P128
[5]   FAILURE OF AGROBACTERIUM-RADIOBACTER STRAIN K-84 TO CONTROL CROWN GALL ON RASPBERRY [J].
BURR, TJ ;
REID, CL ;
KATZ, BH ;
TAGLIATI, ME ;
BAZZI, C ;
BRETH, DI .
HORTSCIENCE, 1993, 28 (10) :1017-1019
[6]  
GARRETT CME, 1978, PLANT PATHOL, V27, P182, DOI 10.1111/j.1365-3059.1978.tb01111.x
[7]   UNIVERSAL PCR PRIMERS FOR DETECTION OF PHYTOPATHOGENIC AGROBACTERIUM STRAINS [J].
HAAS, JH ;
MOORE, LW ;
REAM, W ;
MANULIS, S .
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 1995, 61 (08) :2879-2884
[8]  
HOBOLTH LA, 1973, BOT TIDSSKR, V68, P160
[9]   THE CLASSIFICATION, IDENTIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE OF AGROBACTERIA - INCORPORATING REVISED DESCRIPTIONS FOR EACH OF AGROBACTERIUM-TUMEFACIENS (SMITH AND TOWNSEND) CONN 1942, AGROBACTERIUM-RHIZOGENES (RIKER ET AL) CONN 1942, AND AGROBACTERIUM-RUBI (HILDEBRAND) STARR AND WEISS 1943 [J].
HOLMES, B ;
ROBERTS, P .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED BACTERIOLOGY, 1981, 50 (03) :443-467
[10]  
KERSTERS K, 1984, BERGEYS MANUAL SYSTE, V1, P244