Mycoplasma-like organisms associated with proliferation and big bud of Solanum lycocarpum St. Hil.

Chagas, C.M.; Oliveira, J.M.; Caner, J.

Mycoplasma-like organisms associated with proliferation and big bud of Solanum lycocarpum St. Hil.

1992

Chagas, C.M. | Oliveira, J.M. | Caner, J.

Mycoplasma-like organisms (MLOs) were found in sieve tubes of Solanum lycocarpum affected with proliferation and big bud. The MLOs were graft-transmitted to tomato plants which developed similar symptoms. The association of MLOs with affected but not with symptomless S. lycocarpum and tomato suggests that the abnormality is induced by MLOs. The possible role of S. lycocarpum as a reservoir of a strain of the tomato big bud is discussed

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