Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense is associated with diseases of red clover and paddy melon in south-west Australia

Saqib, M., Jones, M.G.K.ORCID: 0000-0001-5002-0227 and Jones, R.A.C. (2006) Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense is associated with diseases of red clover and paddy melon in south-west Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology, 35 (2). pp. 283-285.

Abstract

Plants of red clover (Trifolium pratense), several other pasture legumes and paddy melon (Cucumis myriocarpus) with symptoms of diminished leaf size, pallor, rugosity, leaf deformation, shoot proliferation and stunting were observed amongst pasture plots growing at a site in south-west Australia. When tested using PCR, diseased samples from all species with these symptomswere positive for a phytoplasma resembling ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense’. This association was confirmed for red clover and paddy melon by subsequent nested PCR and sequence analysis. This is the first time that ‘Ca. Phytoplasma australiense’ has been reported infecting these hosts.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Murdoch Affiliation:	Western Australian State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre
Publisher:	CSIRO Publishing
Copyright:	© 2006 Australasian Plant Pathology Society
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/49464

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