Detection, in silico analysis and molecular diversity of phytoplasmas from solanaceous crops in Turkey

Usta M., Guller A., Sipahioglu H. M.

PLANT PROTECTION SCIENCE, cilt.58, sa.1, ss.31-39, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 58 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.17221/115/2021-pps
  • Dergi Adı: PLANT PROTECTION SCIENCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.31-39
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: `Candidatus Phytoplasma solani', `Candidatus Phytoplasma trifolii', nested-PCR, virtual RFLP, 16S rRNA, pepper, eggplant, potato, 16S RIBOSOMAL-RNA, 1ST REPORT, CANDIDATUS, SOLANI, DISEASES, IDENTIFICATION, TRIFOLII, TAXON, RFLP, STOLBUR
  • Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Phytoplasma-like symptoms of leaf yellowing and calyx malformation were observed in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.), upward leaves and fruit malformation in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.), and aerial tuber formation in potato (S. tuberosum L.) during the survey performed in the late season (August to September) of 2015 and 2016 in Van province (Turkey). A total of 100 samples were tested by nested-PCR using universal primer pairs to assess the sanitary status of the solanaceous crops and to characterise the phytoplasma isolates. Among them, seven sam-ples resulted in a 1.25 kb DNA fragment, and five (two eggplants, two peppers, and one potato) were molecularly characterised (Accession No.: KY579357, KT595210, MF564267, MF564266, and MH683601). BLAST and the virtual restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of 16S rRNA genes revealed the presence of two distinct phytoplasma infections in solanaceous crops: `Candidatus Phytoplasma trifolii' a member of the clover proliferation group (16SrVI) and subgroup A and `Candidatus P. solani' a member of the stolbur group (16SrXII) and subgroup A. The virtual RFLP analysis and calculated coefficients of RFLP pattern similarities further revealed a remarkable ge-netic diversity among the `Candidatus P. solani' isolates infecting pepper (similarity coefficient of 0.90) and eggplant (similarity coefficients of 0.98 and 1.00) at the same geographical area. This is the first report of the natural occurrence of `Candidadtus P. trifolii' in potato from the Eastern Anatolia region, Turkey.