Journal
PLANT DISEASE
Volume 105, Issue 4, Pages 1080-1090Publisher
AMER PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-05-20-1076-RE
Keywords
characterization; Dickeya; disease development and spread; epidemiology; MLSA; pathogen detection; potato; Pectobacterium; prokaryotes; yield loss and economic impacts
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- Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia
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Blackleg outbreaks were observed in three fields in Serbia for two consecutive years, leading to a decrease in plant yield. Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliensis and Dickeya dianthicola were identified as causative agents, with genetic characterization revealing multiple genotypes. Multiple genetic profiles and a new D. dianthicola genotype were discovered through MLSA analysis in Serbia.
Blackleg outbreaks were noticed on three fields (about 100 ha total) in 2 consecutive years (2018, 2019) in one of the main potato growing areas in Serbia (Backa region, Vojvodina). The percentage of infected plants reached 40 to 70%, with 10.5 to 44.7% yield reductions. From the three fields, out of 90 samples Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliensis was most frequently identified and diagnosed as causal agent of potato blackleg in Serbia for the first time (29 isolates). Dickeya dianthicola was a less frequently causative bacterium, which was also noticed for the first time (nine isolates). A total of 38 isolates were characterized based on their phenotypic and genetic features, including a pathogenicity test on potato. The repetitive element PCR (rep-PCR) using BOX, REP, and ERIC primer pairs differentiated five genetic profiles among 38 tested isolates. Multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) of four housekeeping genes, acnA, gapA, icdA, and mdh, revealed the presence of three so far unknown P. c. subsp. brasiliensis multilocus genotypes and confirmed clustering into two main genetic clades as determined in other studies. MLSA also revealed the presence of a new genotype of D. dianthicola in Serbia.
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