[Bacterial diseases of sedge cane and their agents]
2007
Ogorodnik, L.E. | Koreneva, A.A., Kiev National Univ. named after Taras Shevchenko (Ukraine) | Yakovleva, L.M., National Academy of Sciences (Ukraine). The D.K. Zabolotnyj Inst. of Microbiology and Virology
The bacteria affecting sedge cane (Acorus calamus L.) were revelaed for the first time on the territory of Ukraine. It is a valuable medicinal plant, the area of its spread is reducing under the influence of different anthropogenic factors. This disease was characterized by brown necrotic spots, surrounded by chlorotic zone on the leaves and soft rot of rhizomes. From the affected plants the pathogenic bacteria, were isolated which were identificated as Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora, Pseudomonas sp. and Bacillus sp. Bacteria, isolated from leaves did not infect the rhizomes. Using the artificial infection method under natural conditions, bacteria Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora, isolated from rhizomes, caused pathological process on sedge cane leaves and another aquatic medicinal plants such as white water lily (Nymphaea alba L.) and yellow water lily (Nuphar lutea (L) Smith)
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