Potential psyllid vectors of candidatus phytoplasma mali and candidatus phytoplasma pyri in turkey
2016
Kaya, Kamuran | Gazel, Mona | Caglayan, Kadriye | Sauvion, Nicolas | Faculty of Agriculture, Plant Protection Department ; Mustafa Kemal University | Biologie et Génétique des Interactions Plante-Parasite (UMR BGPI) ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro) | Partnership Hubert Curien, PHC-Bosphorus between TUBITAK-Turkey (Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu) and Campus France (French Minister of Foreign Affairs, campusfrance.org)
BGPI : équipe 6
Show more [+] Less [-]English. Psyllids are vectors of phytoplasma, which cause important diseases of pome fruit trees. Psyllid species reported as phytoplasma vectors were captured during 2010–2011 in several pome fruit growing regions in Turkey. Potential psyllid vectors of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’ were collected from Malus spp. (apple), Cydonia oblonga (quince), Crataegus spp. (hawthorn) and also from the overwintering hosts, whereas those of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri’ were collected from wild and cultured forms of Pyrus spp. (pear) trees. The psyllids were identified morphologically as Cacopsylla picta, C. melanoneura-C. affinis complex, C. crataegi, C. pyrisuga, C. pyri, C. pyricola and other Cacopsylla species. The highest natural phytoplasma infection rate was found in C. picta followed by C. pyri, C. melanoneura-C. affinis complex and C. crataegi with rates of 4.36, 3.84, 2.77 and 1.67%, respectively. No phytoplasma were detected in C. pyrisuga, C. pyricola, or the other Cacopsylla spp. ‘Ca. P. mali’ was detected in C. picta, C. melanoneura-C. affinis complex and C. pyri; ‘Ca. P. pyri’ was detected in C. picta, C. crataegi, C. melanoneura-C. affinis complex and C. pyri individuals. To our knowledge, this is the first report on the possible psyllid vectors of ‘Ca. P. mali’ in Turkey.
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