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- Title
Molecular identification of some African strains of Ralstonia solanacearum from eucalypt and potato.
- Authors
Fouché-Weich, Joanne; Poussier, Stéphane; Trigalet-Demery, Danielle; Berger, Dave; Coutinho, Teresa
- Abstract
Ralstonia solanacearum is a known bacterial pathogen of eucalypt and potato plants in Africa. A survey was undertaken to detect this pathogen in eucalypt plantations in South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda. Numerous bacterial strains were isolated from trees with symptoms typical of bacterial wilt, but only seven were positively identified as R. solanacearum. A polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) technique, based on the hrp (hypersensitive response and pathogenicity) gene region was used to determine and group the biovars of these R. solanacearum strains. The eucalypt isolates and one potato isolate formed a biovar 3 cluster, whereas the two other potato isolates formed a cluster that corresponded to biovar 2. Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis confirmed these clusters. Therefore, PCR-RFLP can be used as a reliable diagnostic technique to enable researchers to rapidly identify the pathogen.
- Subjects
AFRICA; RALSTONIA; BACTERIAL wilt of potato; DIAGNOSIS of plant diseases; POLYMERASE chain reaction; RESTRICTION fragment length polymorphisms; EUCALYPTUS ecology; DIGITAL diagnostic imaging
- Publication
Journal of General Plant Pathology, 2006, Vol 72, Issue 6, p369
- ISSN
1345-2630
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10327-006-0307-7