Plant Disease (2014) 98, p. 565 (Biswas et al.)

C. Biswas, P. Dey, A. Bera, M. Kumar and S. Satpathy (2014)
First report of a 16SrV-C phytoplasma causing little leaf and bunchy top of Tossa jute (Corchorus olitorius) in India
Plant Disease 98 (4), 565-565
Abstract: During 2012, tossa jute (Corchorus olitorius) grown in India were observed with little leaf and bunchy top symptoms. The infected plants showed profuse lateral branching with a bushy appearance. In many plants, branching at the apical portion developed a bunchy top symptom with tufts of smaller leaves. Leafy stem was also common. DNA was extracted from symptomatic plants and analyzed by PCR using phytoplasma specific primers. The presence of a phytoplasma was demonstrated in the symptomatic plants and the PCR product was cloned and sequenced. Sequence analysis showed the presence (99% sequence identity) of a phytoplasma belonging to the 16SrV group. RFLP patterns were identical to the 16SrV-C pattern.
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Database assignments for author(s): Chinmay Biswas

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	16SrV phytoplasma group	Jute (Corchorus)	India