The occurrence of phytoplasmas associated with Elm Yellows (EY) was investigated in the reproductive structures (flowers, unripe and ripe fruits) of two EY-infected trees of the hybrid elm clone Lobel and two healthy trees, an Ulmus laevis and an U. japonica. Phytoplasma group-specific Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and sequencing of amplified fragments were carried out using as template DNA extracted from these reproductive structures. The flowers and fruits were dissected into parts (the flowers into anthers and ovaries, the fruits into seeds and membranaceous wings), and then examined separately. A total of 350 seeds from infected trees were sown, producing 24 plantlets, which were sampled for EY phytoplasma DNA one and five months after germination. Both flowers and seeds from the EY-infected trees were good sources for the extraction and PCR-amplification of EY phytoplasmas, but no EY phytoplasmas were detected in either the flowers and seeds of the two healthy trees or in samples collected from the 24 plantlets grown from seed.

Detection of phytoplasmal DNA in flowers and seeds from elm trees infected with Elm Yellows / E. BERTELLI; S. TEGLI; A. SFALANGA; G. SURICO. - In: PHYTOPATHOLOGIA MEDITERRANEA. - ISSN 0031-9465. - STAMPA. - 41:(2002), pp. 259-265.

Detection of phytoplasmal DNA in flowers and seeds from elm trees infected with Elm Yellows

TEGLI, STEFANIA;SURICO, GIUSEPPE
2002

Abstract

The occurrence of phytoplasmas associated with Elm Yellows (EY) was investigated in the reproductive structures (flowers, unripe and ripe fruits) of two EY-infected trees of the hybrid elm clone Lobel and two healthy trees, an Ulmus laevis and an U. japonica. Phytoplasma group-specific Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and sequencing of amplified fragments were carried out using as template DNA extracted from these reproductive structures. The flowers and fruits were dissected into parts (the flowers into anthers and ovaries, the fruits into seeds and membranaceous wings), and then examined separately. A total of 350 seeds from infected trees were sown, producing 24 plantlets, which were sampled for EY phytoplasma DNA one and five months after germination. Both flowers and seeds from the EY-infected trees were good sources for the extraction and PCR-amplification of EY phytoplasmas, but no EY phytoplasmas were detected in either the flowers and seeds of the two healthy trees or in samples collected from the 24 plantlets grown from seed.
2002
41
259
265
E. BERTELLI; S. TEGLI; A. SFALANGA; G. SURICO
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