Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology (2013) 35, 407-410

Wen-Feng Li, Xiao-Yan Wang, Ying-Kun Huang, Ke Shen, Hong-Li Shan, Zhi-Ming Luo, Jiong Yin, Ying-Ming Jia, Zhi-Gang Bai and Rong-Yue Zhang (2013)
First report of Sugarcane white leaf phytoplasma in Yunnan province, China
Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 35 (3), 407-410
Abstract: The introduction of the sugarcane white leaf (SCWL) phytoplasma into Yunnan Province, China was confirmed for the first time by nested PCR. Sequencing and analysis of 17 nested PCR products of the 16S rDNA of the phytoplasma from random samples showed that these sequences were identical. A BLAST search indicated that the sequences were highly homologous (99.05-100% similarity) to the corresponding genome region in GenBank. Field surveys showed that disease incidence among affected cultivars was 13-52% and up to 100% in seriously infected fields. The sugarcane cultivar 'Yuetang86-368' was highly susceptible. SCWL is a destructive disease on sugarcane that requires preventive quarantine management measures to prevent its further spread.
(The abstract is excluded from the Creative Commons licence and has been copied with permission by the publisher.)
Link to article at publishers website

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

---

Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Sugarcane white leaf phytoplasma	Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)	China (south)