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1 August 2015 Genetic Variability of Stolbur Phytoplasma in Hyalesthes obsoletus (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) and Its Main Host Plants in Vineyard Agroecosystems
Lucia Landi, Paola Riolo, Sergio Murolo, Gianfranco Romanazzi, Sandro Nardi, Nunzio Isidoro
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Bois noir is an economically important grapevine yellows that is induced by ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’ and principally vectored by the planthopper Hyalesthes obsoletus Signoret (Hemiptera: Cixiidae). This study explores the ‘Ca. P. solani’ genetic variability associated to the nettle—H. obsoletus and bindweed—H. obsoletus systems in vineyard agroecosystems of the central-eastern Italy. Molecular characterization of ‘Ca. P. solani’ isolates was carried out using polymerase chain reaction/ restriction fragment length polymorphism to investigate the nonribosomal vmp1 gene. Seven phytoplasma vmp-types were detected among the host plants- and insect-associated field-collected samples. The vmp1 gene showed the highest polymorphism in the bindweed—H. obsoletus system, according to restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, which is in agreement with nucleotide sequence analysis. Five vmp-types were associated with H. obsoletus from bindweed, of which one was solely restricted to planthoppers, with one genotype also in planthoppers from nettle. Type V12 was the most prevalent in both planthoppers and bindweed. H. obsoletus from nettle harbored three vmp-types, of which V3 was predominant. V3 was the only type detected for nettle. Our data demonstrate that planthoppers might have acquired some ‘Ca. P. solani’ profiles from other plant hosts before landing on nettle or bindweed. Overall, the different vmp1 gene rearrangements observed in these two plant hosts-H. obsoletus systems might represent different adaptations of the pathogen to the two host plants. Molecular information about the complex of vmp-types provides useful data for better understanding of Bois noir epidemiology in vineyard agroecosystem.

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Lucia Landi, Paola Riolo, Sergio Murolo, Gianfranco Romanazzi, Sandro Nardi, and Nunzio Isidoro "Genetic Variability of Stolbur Phytoplasma in Hyalesthes obsoletus (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) and Its Main Host Plants in Vineyard Agroecosystems," Journal of Economic Entomology 108(4), 1506-1515, (1 August 2015). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/tov103
Received: 28 October 2014; Accepted: 3 April 2015; Published: 1 August 2015
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KEYWORDS
Convolvulus arvensis
Hyalesthes obsoletus
stolbur
Urtica dioica
vmp1 gene
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