African fan palm (Borassus aethiopum) and oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) are alternate hosts of coconut lethal yellowing phytoplasma in Mozambique | Zendy

João Bila | Zendy; Nils Högberg | Zendy; A. M. Mondjana | Zendy; Berit Samils | Zendy

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African fan palm (Borassus aethiopum) and oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) are alternate hosts of coconut lethal yellowing phytoplasma in Mozambique

Author(s) -

João Bila,

Nils Högberg,

A. M. Mondjana,

Berit Samils

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

african journal of biotechnology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1684-5315

DOI - 10.5897/ajb2015.15002

Subject(s) - phytoplasma , elaeis guineensis , biology , botany , candidatus , cocos nucifera , 16s ribosomal rna , horticulture , palm oil , agroforestry , polymerase chain reaction , bacteria , restriction fragment length polymorphism , gene , biochemistry , genetics

In this study, potential alternate hosts of the phytoplasma causing coconut lethal yellowing disease (CLYD) in Mozambique were investigated based on 16S rRNA and secA genes. The results reveal that the naturalized palm species, Elaeis guineensis and Borassus aethiopum are alternate hosts of CLYD phytoplasma in Mozambique. Based on the iPhyClassifier online software, the phytoplasma detected in B. aethiopum belongs to the 16Sr group XXII-A, which include ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola’ and ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma cocosnigeriae’. This is the first report associating ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola’ with wild naturalized palm species in the world. Key words: Alternate hosts, Borassus aethiopum, ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma palmicola’, Elaeis guineensis, Mozambique, palm lethal phytoplasma phylogeny.

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