Ipomoea obscura Represents a New Host of Phytoplasma Belonging to 16SrII Group Associated with Witches'-Broom Symptoms in China

Phytoplasmas are phloem-limited plant pathogenic prokaryotes which can not be cultured in vitro. The pathogens could cause various plant symptoms such as witches'-broom, virescence, and leaf yellows. Ipomoea obscura is a valuable plant species belonging to the family Convolvulaceae, mainly used...

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Veröffentlicht in:Plant disease. - 1997. - (2024) vom: 04. Feb.
1. Verfasser: Yu, Shao-Shuai (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Song, Wei-Wei
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2024
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Plant disease
Schlagworte:Journal Article 16SrII group Ipomoea obscura witches’-broom molecular identification phytoplasma
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520 |a Phytoplasmas are phloem-limited plant pathogenic prokaryotes which can not be cultured in vitro. The pathogens could cause various plant symptoms such as witches'-broom, virescence, and leaf yellows. Ipomoea obscura is a valuable plant species belonging to the family Convolvulaceae, mainly used as a traditional Chinese medicine used to treat diseases such as dehydration and diuresis. In western countries it is commonly referred to as 'obscure morning glory'. During 2020 to 2021, plants showing abnormal symptoms including witches'-broom, internode shortening, and small leaves were found in Hainan Province, a tropical island of China. Approximately 30 % of I. obscura plants in the sampling regions which spanned 400 acres, showed symptoms. In order to identify the associated pathogen, six symptomatic samples and three asymptomatic samples were collected and total DNA were extracted from 0.10 g fresh plant leaf tissues using CTAB DNA extraction method. 16S rRNA and secA gene fragments, specific to phytoplasmas, were PCR amplified using primers R16mF2/R16mR1 and secAfor1/secArev3. The target PCR bands were obtained from the DNA of six symptomatic samples, whereas not from the DNA of the asymptomatic samples. The PCR products of phytoplasma 16S rRNA and secA gene obtained from the diseased samples were cloned and sequenced by Biotechnology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Guangzhou, China). The 16S rRNA and secA gene sequences identified in the study were all identical with the length of 1330 bp (GenBank accession: OR625212) and 720 bp (OR635662) respectively. According to methods and protocols of phytoplasma identification and classification (Wei and Zhao, 2022), the phytoplasma strain identified in the study was described as Ipomoea obscura witches'-broom (IoWB) phytoplasma, IoWB-hnld strain. The partial 16S rRNA gene sequence of IoWB showed 100 % sequence identity over the full 1330 bp sequence to phytoplasmas belonging to 16SrII group like cassava witches'-broom phytoplasma (KM280679). The BLAST search of the 720 bp partial secA gene fragment of IoWB showed 100% sequence identity for the full sequence to phytoplasmas belonging to 16SrII group like 'Sesamum indicum' phyllody phytoplasma (OQ420657). RFLP analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene using iPhyClassifier demonstrated that the IoWB strain was a member of 16SrII-A subgroup with the similarity coefficient 1.00 to the reference phytoplasma strain (L33765). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA and secA genes by MEGA 7.0 employing neighbor-joining (NJ) method with 1000 bootstrap value indicated that IoWB-hnld was clustered into one clade with the phytoplasmas belonging to 16SrII group, with 98% and 100% bootstrap value separately. To our knowledge, this is the first report that Ipomoea obscura can be infected by phytoplasmas belonging to 16SrII-A subgroup in China. This report adds to the host range of 'Ca. Phytoplasma aurantifolia', documenting the symptoms on I. obscura which will assist in monitoring and control of the associated pathogen 
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