Bulletin of Insectology (2007) 60, 145-146

G.P. Rao, S.K. Raj, S.K. Snehi, S. Mall, M. Singh and C. Marcone (2007)
Molecular evidence for the presence of `Candidatus Phytoplasma cynodontis', the Bermuda grass white leaf agent, in India
Bulletin of Insectology 60 (2), 145-146
First International Phytoplasmologist Working Group Meeting (IPWG), Bologna (Italy) November 12-15, 2007
Abstract: White leaf-affected Bermuda grass plants collected in eastern Uttar Pradesh province of India were examined for phytoplasmal infections with PCR assays using universal phytoplasma primers directed to rDNA sequences. All symptomatic plants examined tested positive. By sequence analysis of the amplified 16S rDNA and 16S/23S rDNA spacer region sequences, the detected phytoplasma proved to be a strain of `Candidatus Phytoplasma cynodontis', the causal agent of Bermuda grass white leaf disease. A yellows disease of Bermuda grass was already known to occur in India. However, molecular detection and characterization of the presumable causal agent had previously not been reported.
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Database assignments for author(s): Carmine Marcone, Govind P. Rao, Shri Krishna Raj

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Phytoplasma cynodontis	Cynodon (crop)	India