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Doctoral Thesis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/T.11.2011.tde-17032011-145314
Document
Author
Full name
Júlio César Barbosa
E-mail
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
Piracicaba, 2010
Supervisor
Committee
Bergamin Filho, Armando (President)
Amorim, Lilian
Bassanezi, Renato Beozzo
Bedendo, Ivan Paulo
Coletta Filho, Helvecio Della
Title in Portuguese
Caracterização molecular e diversidade de fitoplasmas em pomares de citros no Estado de São Paulo
Keywords in Portuguese
Citricultura
Doenças de plantas
Epidemiologia
Fitoplasmas
Insetos vetores
Laranja
Plantas daninhas.
Abstract in Portuguese
Recentemente, um fitoplasma do grupo 16SrIX foi associado a plantas de citros com sintomas de huanglongbing (HLB) no Estado de São Paulo. No entanto, em razão da ampla diversidade de fitoplasmas que tem se observado em várias culturas no Brasil, seria possível que além do fitoplasma do grupo16SrIX, outros fitoplasmas também pudessem estar associados a plantas de citros no Estado de São Paulo. Sendo assim, o objetivo deste estudo foi investigar se outros fitoplasmas, além daquele do grupo 16SrIX, estão associados a plantas de citros no Estado de São Paulo. Amostras foliares de plantas de citros, plantas daninhas e cicadelídeos foram coletados entre os meses de Junho a Outubro de 2010, em pomares localizados em quatro municípios: Araraquara, Bebedouro, Piracicaba e Taquarituba. Análises de nested PCR evidenciaram a presença de fitoplasmas associados a plantas de citros (sintoma: clorose foliar); a plantas daninhas: Bidens pilosa (sintomas: filodia e virescência), Leonorus sibiricus (sintoma: deformação foliar), Solanum americanus (sintoma: superbrotamento foliar), Erigeron bonariensis (sintomas: avermelhamento e superbrotamento foliar) e Euphorbia heterophylla (sintoma: deformação foliar); e a cicadelídeos da espécie Agallia albidula (Uhler, 1895) (subfamília Agalliinae). A confirmação da presença e caracterização molecular dos fitoplasmas foi realizada através de análises de RFLP e seqüenciamento da região 16S rDNA. Uma ampla diversidade de fitoplasmas foi identificada. Fitoplasmas dos grupos 16SrIII e 16SrIX foram associados a plantas de citros em Piracicaba, enquanto um fitoplasma do grupo 16SrVII foi associado a plantas de citros em Bebedouro. Fitoplasmas do grupo 16SrIII foram associados a plantas daninhas das espécies B. pilosa, L. sibiricus e S. americanus em Piracicaba e fitoplasmas do grupo 16SrVII foram associados a plantas de E. bonariensis e E. heterophylla em Piracicaba e Taquarituba, respectivamente. Um fitoplasma do grupo 16SrIII foi associado a A. albidula em Taquarituba, sugerindo ser este um potencial inseto vetor de fitoplasmas em pomares de citros. Com base na análise da região 16S rDNA, muitos dos fitoplasmas encontrados apresentaram-se distintos dos fitoplasmas já relatados. Em virtude disto, estes fitoplasmas foram propostos como representantes de novos subgrupos pertencentes aos grupos 16SrIII, 16SrVII e 16SrIX. Os resultados obtidos neste estudo não nos permite a associação dos fitoplasmas encontrados com o HLB ou qualquer outra doença já descrita, sendo, portanto, necessários mais estudos visando confirmar o papel destes fitoplasmas como patógenos de citros e plantas daninhas.
Title in English
Molecular characterization and diversity of phytoplasmas in citrus orchards in the Sao Paulo state
Keywords in English
Citrus crop
Epidemiology
Orange
Phytoplasmas
Plant diseases
Vector insects
Weeds.
Abstract in English
Recently a phytoplasma of the 16SrIX group was associated with citrus trees exhibiting symptoms of huanglongbing (HLB) in Sao Paulo state. However, due to the wide diversity of phytoplasmas that have been observed in several crops in Brazil, it is possible that in addition to the phytoplasma of group 16SrIX other phytoplasmas could also be associated with citrus trees. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate if others phytoplasmas besides that of the 16SrIX group are associated with citrus plants in the São Paulo state. Leaf samples from citrus trees, weeds and cicadellids were collected between June and October of 2010 from citrus orchards of four municipalities of the Sao Paulo state: Araraquara, Bebedouro, Piracicaba and Taquarituba. Nested PCR analysis revealed the presence of phytoplasmas associated with citrus trees (symptom: leaf chlorosis), weeds: Bidens pilosa (symptoms: phyllody and virescence), Leonorus sibiricus (symptom: leaf distortion), Solanum americanus (symptom: witches broom), Erigeron bonariensis (symptoms: redning and witches broom) e Euphorbia heterophylla (symptom: leaf distortion); and cicadellids of specie Agallia albidula (Uhler, 1895) (subfamily Agalliinae). The confirmation of the phytoplasma presence and molecular characterization was carried out by RFLP analysis and sequencing of the 16S rDNA region. A wide diversity of phytoplasmas was verified. Phytoplasmas of the 16SrIII and 16SrIX groups were associated with citrus trees in Piracicaba, while a phytoplasma of the 16SrVII group was associated with citrus trees in Bebedouro. Phytoplasmas of the 16SrIII group were associated with weeds belonging to the species B. pilosa, S. americanus and L. sibiricus in Piracicaba and a phytoplasma of the 16SrVII group was identified associated with plants of E. bonariensis and E. heterophylla in Piracicaba and Taquarituba, respectively. A phytoplasma of the 16SrIII group was associated with A. albidula in Taquarituba, suggesting that this cicadelid is a potential vector of phytoplasmas in citrus orchards. Based on the analysis of the 16S rDNA region, many of the found phytoplasmas are distinct from those already reported. Due to this distinction, these phytoplasmas were proposed as representatives of new subgroups of the groups 16SrIII, 16SrVII and 16SrIX. The results of this study dont allow us associate the found phytoplasmas with HLB or any other described disease. Thus, more studies are needed to identify the role of theses phytoplasmas as pathogens of citrus trees and weeds.
 
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