Identification of Phytoplasma Taxa and Insect Vectors of Peach Yellow Leaf Roll Disease in California
Open Access
- 1 July 2002
- journal article
- Published by Scientific Societies in Plant Disease
- Vol. 86 (7), 759-763
- https://doi.org/10.1094/pdis.2002.86.7.759
Abstract
Two peach diseases in California, western X-disease (WX) and peach yellow leaf roll (PYLR) are caused by two genetically distinct phytoplasmas. Based on symptoms alone, WX and PYLR cannot be reliably distinguished. The objectives of this study were to determine which phytoplasma was causing PYLR disease in peach orchards planted near pear orchards and which phytoplasmas were present in potential insect vectors captured in both peach and pear orchards. Leafhoppers and pear psylla were collected from yellow sticky traps placed in three pear orchards and four peach orchards located in the Sacramento Valley from 1994 to 1996. DNA was extracted from potential vectors and suspect diseased trees, and analyzed for the presence of the WX and PYLR phytoplasmas using strain-specific DNA hybridization or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays. The most abundant phytoplasma detected in diseased peach trees was the PYLR phytoplasma. In 1994 and 1995, 10 to 25% of groups of pear psylla tested positive for the PYLR phytoplasma, while no psylla groups tested positive for the WX phytoplasma. Only one captured leafhopper tested positive for the WX phytoplasma. These results indicate the pear psylla is the primary vector of PYLR in northern California.Keywords
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