Origin of Pathogens of Grapevine Crown Gall Disease in Hokkaido in Japan as Characterized by Molecular Epidemiology of <i>Allorhizobium vitis</i> Strains

Crown gall is a globally distributed and economically important disease of grapevine and other important crop plants. The causal agent of grapevine crown gall is tumorigenic <i>Allorhizobium vitis</i> (Ti) strains that harbor a tumor-inducing plasmid (pTi). The epidemic of grapevine crow...

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Autores principales: Akira Kawaguchi, Teruo Sone, Sunao Ochi, Yosuke Matsushita, Yoshiteru Noutoshi, Mizuho Nita
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Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Sumario:Crown gall is a globally distributed and economically important disease of grapevine and other important crop plants. The causal agent of grapevine crown gall is tumorigenic <i>Allorhizobium vitis</i> (Ti) strains that harbor a tumor-inducing plasmid (pTi). The epidemic of grapevine crown gall has not been widely elucidated. In this study, we investigated the genetic diversity of 89 strains of Ti and nonpathogenic <i>A. vitis</i> to clarify their molecular epidemiology. Multi-locus sequence analysis (MLSA) of the partial nucleotide sequences of <i>pyrG, recA</i>, and <i>rpoD</i> was performed for molecular typing of <i>A. vitis</i> strains isolated from grapevines with crown gall symptoms grown in 30 different vineyards, five different countries, mainly in Japan, and seven genomic groups A to F were obtained. The results of MLSA and logistic regression indicated that the population of genetic group A was significantly related to a range of prefectures and that the epidemic of group A strains originated mainly in Hokkaido in Japan through soil infection. Moreover, group E strains could have been transported by infected nursery stocks. In conclusion, this study indicates that both soil infection and transporting of infected nursery stocks are working as infection source in Hokkaido.